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10.18.2024 | Italy announces grant to CARB-X at G7 meeting
The Government of Italy has announced a commitment of US$21 million over the next three years to support the Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X). The announcement was made at the G7 Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Meeting in Ancona on October 10, 2024.
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09.27.2024 | CARB-X to support implementation of Political Declaration on AMR
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) welcomes the widespread support expressed by United Nations (UN) Member States to the Political Declaration on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) during the High-Level Meeting which took place yesterday (Thursday, September 26, 2024) at the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79).
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06.27.2024 | CARB-X funds Prompt Diagnostics to develop a diagnostic to detect drug-resistant gonorrhea
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) is awarding Prompt Diagnostics LLC US$1 million to further the development of a portable PCR platform with high multiplexing capabilities that, if successful, detect multiple pathogenic bacteria targets and their antibiotic susceptibility which will help to guide treatment at the point-of-care.
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06.13.2024 | CARB-X funds Fuse Diagnostics to develop innovative, instrument-free diagnostic for chlamydia and drug-resistant gonorrhea
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) will award up to US$1 million to Fuse Diagnostics to demonstrate proof-of-concept and feasibility ahead of the development of a rapid, instrument-free diagnostic for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG). Fuse is a diagnostic company that uses new, multi-analytic chemistry to develop rapid, low-cost tests.
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05.21.2024 | CARB-X funds University of Maryland to develop a vaccine to prevent neonatal sepsis
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) is awarding US$3.96 million to the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to develop a maternal vaccine that prevents sepsis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in newborns and infants.
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04.30.2024 | CARB-X 2023 Annual Report released today
The report highlights key takeaways from the strategic review of the portfolio, funding round results, CARB-X’s work in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and new CARB-X donors including the Government of Canada and the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
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04.18.2024 | CARB-X funds Scout to develop a low-cost point-of-care diagnostic for gonorrhea
CARB-X is awarding Scout up to US$1M to demonstrate proof-of-concept and feasibility ahead of development of a new point-of-care test.
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03.06.2024 | CARB-X launches new funding round to fill major R&D gaps in global pipeline
CARB-X seeks preventatives of invasive disease, diagnostics for neonatal sepsis and novel sample types for lower respiratory tract infections, and therapeutics for infections caused by gram-negative pathogens.
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03.05.2024 | CARB-X funds 100th project targeting antibiotic resistance
CARB-X is awarding US$1.06 million to the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), our 100th project to address antibiotic resistance.
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02.29.2024 | CARB-X funds GlyProVac to develop a novel vaccine to prevent sepsis in newborns
CARB-X is awarding GlyProVac US$467k to develop a maternal vaccine that targets Escherichia coli, a bacterial species that causes a large portion of neonatal sepsis infections.
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02.27.2024 | CARB-X funds LimmaTech Biologics AG to develop a vaccine that prevents gonorrhea infections
CARB-X is awarding US$2.2 million to LimmaTech Biologics AG to advance the development of its novel vaccine candidate targeted to prevent Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections.
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02.13.2024 | CARB-X funds the Myers Research Group to develop enhanced oral antibiotics to treat a range of serious drug-resistant bacterial infections
CARB-X is awarding US$1.2 million to the Andrew G Myers Research Group at the Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology to develop a series of enhanced oral antibiotics that directly target a range of antibiotic-resistant bacteria which cause serious lower respiratory tract and skin and soft tissue infections.
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02.08.2024 | CARB-X funds Visby Medical to develop a portable rapid diagnostic for gonorrhea including antibiotic susceptibility
CARB-X is awarding up to US$1.8 million to biotechnology company, Visby Medical, to develop a portable rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic to detect the presence of the pathogen that causes gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and its susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, a former frontline oral antibiotic that can no longer treat resistant NG.
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01.18.2024 | CARB-X is funding Syntiron to develop a maternal vaccine to prevent neonatal sepsis
CARB-X is awarding Syntiron US$1.7 million to develop a maternal vaccine that targets Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, two bacterial species that cause a large portion of neonatal sepsis infections.
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01.16.2024 | CARB-X is funding Intravacc to develop a vaccine that prevents gonorrhea infections
CARB-X is awarding US$633k to Intravacc to develop a vaccine that prevents Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterial infections.
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01.09.2024 | Novo Nordisk Foundation partners with CARB-X to fight drug-resistant infections
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is committing up to USD 25 million to support the early-stage development of innovative tools to prevent, diagnose and treat the most dangerous drug-resistant bacterial infections. The three-year grant will go to the Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X), the leading global non-profit public-private partnership in this space.