Spero Therapeutics Hosting Key Opinion Leader Call on Oral Tebipenem HBr for the Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRO), a multi-asset clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing treatments in high unmet need areas involving multi-drug resistant bacterial infections and rare diseases, today announced it will host a key opinion leader (KOL) call on oral tebipenem HBr for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

The call will feature a presentation by KOL Keith Kaye, MD, MPH, University of Michigan Medical School, who will discuss the current treatment landscape and unmet medical need in complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI). Dr. Kaye will be available to answer questions during the call.

Spero's management team will also discuss the recently announced positive top-line data from Spero’s ADAPT-PO Phase 3 clinical trial of oral tebipenem HBr for the treatment of cUTI and acute pyelonephritis (AP). The ADAPT-PO trial met its primary endpoint of demonstrating that oral tebipenem HBr is statistically non-inferior to intravenous ertapenem, the most commonly used carbapenem for the treatment of cUTI and AP.

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 @ 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time
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International:		1-201-493-6725
Conference ID:		13709233
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A webcast of the presentation may also be accessed through the Spero Therapeutics’ website (www.sperotherapeutics.com) on the “Events and Presentations” page under the “Investors and Media” tab.  A replay of the presentation will be archived on the website for 90 days following the conclusion of the event.

About Dr. Keith Kaye:
Dr. Kaye is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine at University of Michigan Medical School. He is the Director of Research for the Division of Infectious Diseases.

He has devoted his career to the prevention and effective management of healthcare-associated infections. In addition to serving in a variety of quality improvement and administrative roles in infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, and quality and patient safety, he has served on national and international clinical guidelines committees.