Inhibitex, Inc. (NASDAQ: INHX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat and prevent serious infectious diseases, announced that Russell H. Plumb, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present an overview of the company and its pipeline of differentiated antiviral compounds at the Deutsche Bank BioFEST Conference on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 2:15pm EST. The conference is being held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA. The presentation will be simultaneously webcast and can be accessed by visiting the Investors section of the Inhibitex website at www.inhibitex.com. Shortly following the live webcast a replay will also be available on the Company website.

About Inhibitex

Inhibitex, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to prevent and treat serious infectious diseases. The Company’s clinical-stage pipeline includes two Phase 2 development programs for which it has retained all future rights: INX-189, a nucleotide polymerase inhibitor in development for the treatment of chronic HCV infections, and FV-100, a nucleoside analogue in development for the treatment of shingles-associated pain. The Company also has additional HCV nucleotide polymerase inhibitors in preclinical development and has licensed the use of its proprietary MSCRAMM® protein platform to Pfizer for the development of a staphylococcal vaccine, which is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial.

For additional information about the Company, please visit www.inhibitex.com.