Inhibitex, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of differentiated anti-infective products to prevent or treat serious infections, primarily shingles and chronic infections caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Its antiviral product candidates include FV-100, an orally available nucleoside analogue prodrug, which is in Phase II trials for the treatment of herpes zoster or shingles; and INX-189, a HCV nucleoside polymerase inhibitor that has completed preclinical studies for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection. The company is also developing anti-bacterials, including Staphylococcal Vaccine, which is in Phase I trial to prevent S. aureus infections; and Aurexis, a humanized monoclonal antibody that has completed Phase II trials for the treatment of S. aureus bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients. It has a license and collaboration agreement with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals for the development of active vaccines against staphylococcus from MSCRAMM protein platform. Inhibitex, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Alpharetta, Georgia.