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Idera Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation at American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting

Idera Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation at American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDRA), a biotechnology company developing Toll-like receptor targeted drug candidates for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced a presentation of preclinical data will be made by its collaborator, Dr. James G. Krueger of The Rockefeller University, at the Late-Breaking Research Symposium during the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting being held March 1st through 5th, 2013, in Miami Beach, Florida.

The details of the presentation are as follows:

Title: Novel Toll-Like Receptor Antagonists Strongly Decrease Expression of IL-23-induced and Psoriasis Profile Genes in a Mouse Model

Date: Saturday, March 2nd, 2013, at 10:00 am ET

Session: Late Breaking Research Symposium

About Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Idera Pharmaceuticals applies its proprietary Toll-like receptor (TLR) drug discovery platform to create immunomodulatory drug candidates and has a clinical development program in autoimmune diseases. Additionally, Idera has a collaboration with Merck & Co. for the use of TLR-targeted candidates as vaccine adjuvants for cancer, infectious diseases and Alzheimer’s disease. The Company is also exploring its gene-silencing oligonucleotide (GSO) technology for the purpose of inhibiting the expression of disease-promoting genes. For more information, visit http://www.iderapharma.com.

Idera Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "estimates," "intends," "should," "could," "will," "may," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause Idera's actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including whether Idera’s cash resources will be sufficient to fund the Company’s continuing operations and the further development of the Company’s autoimmune disease program; whether results obtained in preclinical studies and early clinical trials will be indicative of results obtained in future clinical trials; whether products based on Idera's technology will advance into or through the clinical trial process on a timely basis or at all and receive approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration or equivalent foreign regulatory agencies; whether, if the Company's products receive approval, they will be successfully distributed and marketed; whether the Company will be able to license any of its TLR target candidates on a timely basis or at all; whether the Company's collaboration with Merck & Co, Inc., will be successful; whether the patents and patent applications owned or licensed by the Company will protect the Company's technology and prevent others from infringing it; and such other important factors as are set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" in Idera's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 which important factors are incorporated herein by reference. Idera disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements.



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