List view / Grid view

Antibiotics

 

Antibiotics are a type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections.

news

Phico Therapeutics receives Translation Award to advance its SASPject™ PT4 aimed at Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae towards clinical trials

9 March 2015 | By Phico Therapeutics

Phico Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a novel platform technology for a new generation of antibiotics aimed at overcoming antibacterial resistance, has been awarded a £2.25M Translation Award by the Wellcome Trust to develop its SASPject™ PT4 antibiotic, aimed at Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae...

news

First patient enrolled in the New Drugs 4 Bad Bugs (ND4BB) programme

3 February 2015 | By Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)

Two years after the start of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)-funded New Drugs 4 Bad Bugs (ND4BB) programme, the first patient has been enrolled into a Phase 2 trial sponsored by MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca. The trial with MEDI4893 is among mechanically ventilated intubated…