Update: CARB-X Grants Antabio Additional €4M to Develop Cystic Fibrosis Antibiotic
Update (03/01/2020): The global non-profit partnership CARB-X has awarded Antabio €4M ($4.4M) as a second…
January 3, 2020 - 2 minutes
Antibiotic resistance
Check out the latest antibiotic resistance news and antimicrobial resistance news. This section covers the latest biotech advancements to tackle antibiotic resistance.
Iterum Therapeutics Reels from Antibiotic Phase III Fail
An antibiotic candidate developed by the Irish company Iterum Therapeutics has failed to meet the…
December 12, 2019 - 2 minutes
EU Court Ushers in the Use of Phages Against Listeria in Food
Amidst recent listeria outbreaks in Europe, the European Court of Justice has issued a court…
October 25, 2019 - 3 minutes
Austrian Biotech Will Develop Viral Protein For Vaginal Infection
The Austrian biotech company PhagoMed Biopharma is developing a viral protein that could one day…
October 22, 2019 - 3 minutes
UK Biotech to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria with €8M Grant
The UK biotech Procarta Biosystems has received a grant worth up to €8.3M from the…
September 17, 2019 - 2 minutes
US Genomics Firm Combines with Curetis to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance
The German biotech Curetis has been combined with the US genomics company OpGen to pool…
September 4, 2019 - 3 minutes
Nabriva Therapeutics Gets FDA Green Light for Pneumonia Antibiotic
The US FDA has approved Nabriva Therapeutics’ Xenleta for treating community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, the first…
August 20, 2019 - 3 minutes
Swiss Pneumonia Antibiotic Abandoned in Phase III
The Swiss biotech Polyphor has discontinued two phase III trials of its antibiotic for treating…
July 18, 2019 - 2 minutes
Scientists in Belgium Cure Anthrax in Mice by Smashing Bacteria’s Armor
Belgian researchers have developed a potential treatment for anthrax that breaks down the bacteria’s thick…
July 17, 2019 - 2 minutes
Evotec to Reduce the Burden of Tuberculosis Treatment with €21M Grant
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has granted the German biotech Evotec €21M ($23.8M) to…
June 12, 2019 - 2 minutes
€25M European Loan to Fund Diagnostics Tackling Antibiotic Resistance
The Finnish biotech Mobidiag has received a loan of €25M from the European Investment Bank…
May 15, 2019 - 2 minutes
Swiss Biotech Halts Pneumonia Antibiotic Trial After Patient Safety Scare
Polyphor has temporarily halted two phase III trials of an antibiotic treating pneumonia, after an…
May 10, 2019 - 3 minutes
