Researchers from Shaanxi Panlong Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Shaanxi Pioneer Biotech Co. Ltd. and affiliated organizations presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel pleuromutilin antibiotics, designed as organ-targeted, multimechanism antimicrobial agents using organic cation transporter (OCT)-mediated transport.
Chengdu Tetrahedral Drug Research Co. Ltd. has synthesized bicyclic derivatives acting as β-lactamase (bacterial) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of bacterial infection.
Scientists at Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National De La Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Institut Pasteur de Lille and Université de Lille have patented conjugates comprising siderophore moieties covalently linked to cargo moieties through a linker reported to be useful for the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections.
On the heels of a $7 million seed round, Singapore-based medical technology startup Thrixen Pte Ltd. is accelerating development of its diagnostic technology platform that has the potential to perform multiplex diagnostic tests at the point of care.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Arkansas have filed for protection of an optical sensing platform and method for synovial fluid analysis to reduce diagnosis time leading to quicker results for doctors and patients. Their innovation allows for faster and non-destructive evaluation of biological samples.
Aurobac Therapeutics SAS, a biopharmaceutical company founded by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Biomérieux SA and Evotec SE, has announced its strategy to target bacterial infections, antimicrobial resistance and their consequences in acute hospital settings, such as hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia and sepsis.
The US Department of Veterans Affairs has synthesized substituted aminopiperazine compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections.
