Shares in Optimer Pharmaceuticals soared 87% to $8.60 on November 11, after the US drug developer reported that its lead anti-infective drug candidate, OPT-80, achieved a 92.1% cure rate in a late-stage trial of patients with Clostridium difficile infection.
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