 ContraFect Corporation CFRX, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of direct lytic agents DLAs, including lysins and amurin peptides, as new medical modalities for the treatment of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant infections, today announced that Roger J. Pomerantz, M.D., F.A.C.P., President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of ContraFect, will deliver the keynote address to open Maxims Infectious Disease Virtual Conference to be held on May 5, 2020. Dr. Pomerantz will discuss the urgent need for new antimicrobials and the medical attributes required to provide the basis for a renaissance in the anti-infectives sector. 