Ushering in a new class of antibiotics, the U.S. FDA approved GSK plc’s gepotidacin for use in uncomplicated urinary tract infections. Branded Blujepa, the oral triazaacenaphthylene bacterial topoisomerase inhibitor is indicated for treating female adults and adolescents, 12 and older.
Dimicare Biotech and affiliated organizations have presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of DCB-001, a trichloroacetimidamide compound being developed as a novel precision antibiotic against multidrug-resistant strains.
Researchers from Shanxi Medical University, Nanjing Agricultural University and China Pharmaceutical University, have detailed the discovery and preclinical characterization of antibiotic candidates against multidrug-resistant gram-positive pathogens.
The Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation and Wellcome have announced the launch of the Gram-Negative Antibiotic Discovery Innovator (Gr-ADI), a $50 million investment that will focus on combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused by a specific range of bacteria that are among the leading contributors to AMR-associated deaths.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), multidrug-resistant pathogens caused over 1.27 million deaths worldwide in 2020. And figures are rising, with projections pointing to antimicrobial resistance surpassing cancer as the leading cause of death by 2050. Now, researchers at the HUN-REN Biological Research Center have unveiled the role of pre-existing genetic variabilities and specific cross-resistance patterns among several antibiotics designed to combat gram-positive bacteria.
Glox Therapeutics Ltd. has been awarded a share of a £3 million (US$3.7 million) collaborative discovery program launched by the Cystic Fibrosis Antimicrobial Resistance (CF AMR) syndicate. The syndicate is a cross-sector initiative driven by Medicines Discovery Catapult, Lifearc and Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) will award a seed grant of $610,000 to Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) to support the definition of a lead optimization path for the development of a direct-acting peptide therapeutic based on a natural-product scaffold targeting gram-negative pathogens.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), multidrug-resistant pathogens caused over 1.27 million deaths worldwide in 2020. And figures are rising, with projections pointing to antimicrobial resistance surpassing cancer as the leading cause of death by 2050. Now, researchers at the HUN-REN Biological Research Center have unveiled the role of pre-existing genetic variabilities and specific cross-resistance patterns among several antibiotics designed to combat gram-positive bacteria.
Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. has been awarded an additional $7.3 million from CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) to support the progression of the company’s novel antibiotic candidate, BAL-2420.
Researchers from the University of Washington are developing new antibiotics targeting bacterial methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS). This enzyme is responsible for charging tRNA(met) with methionine and integral to protein synthesis.
