March 6 (Reuters) - Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc IDRA.O :
* IDERA PHARMACEUTICALS REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR END
2018
FINANCIAL RESULTS AND PROVIDES CORPORATE UPDATE
* Q4 LOSS PER SHARE $0.45
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE $-0.51 -- REFINITIV IBES
DATA
* AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018, OUR CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
TOTALED
$71.4 MILLION COMPARED TO $112.6 MILLION AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2017
* ILLUMINATE-206 TRIAL EXPECTED TO INITIATE Q2 2019
* CURRENTLY ANTICIPATE EXISTING CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND
INVESTMENTS WILL FUND OPERATIONS INTO Q1 OF 2020
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