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Spexis achieves first CARB-X milestone for its thanatin derivatives program and receives funding of up to USD 1.9 million to initiate lead optimization

Spexis achieves first CARB-X milestone for its thanatin derivatives program and receives funding of up to USD 1.9 million to initiate lead optimization

BIOSPACE | Spexis has received this award based upon the achievement of technical milestones within the previously announced CARB-X collaboration for this program. The award will support the continuation of the “thanatin derivatives program” belonging to Spexis’ novel Outer Membrane Protein Targeting Antibiotic (OMPTA) class of antibiotics to potentially treat life-threatening infections caused by difficult-to-treat Gram-negative bacteria.

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