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Product Developer News

  • 01.17.2025  |  CARB-X funds peptide antibiotic

    CARB-X announced yesterday that it is awarding $610,000 to Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany to develop a first-in-class peptide antibiotic.

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  • 01.15.2025  |  Visby Medical secures additional $3.9M from CARB-X to fight antibiotic resistance with PCR-based mutation detection at the POC

    Visby Medical, a leading innovator in rapid PCR diagnostics, has secured an additional $3.9 million from CARB-X to accelerate its fight against antibiotic resistance.

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  • 01.14.2025  |  Nationwide Children’s spinoff targeting antibiotic resistance starts developing vaccine

    A Nationwide Children's Hospital spinoff is developing a vaccine based on the same biotechnology it's testing as an antibody treatment attacking chronic drug-resistant infections.

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  • 01.14.2025  |  Swiss-based non-profit GARDP supports the development of Debiopharm’s new potential treatment for gonorrhoea

    The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) and the Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical company Debiopharm have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop Debio 1453, a novel compound representing a new antibiotic class that targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

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  • 01.14.2025  |  CARB-X grants Melio $3.5M for neonatal sepsis rest, Visby wins additional $3.9M

    CARB-X announced Tuesday that it will fund diagnostics firm Melio $3.5 million to develop a rapid assay for the detection of neonatal sepsis. In a separate announcement on Wednesday, Visby Medical announced that it has received $3.9 million in additional funding from CARB-X to support its point-of-care gonorrhea assay using instrument-free PCR.

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  • 01.14.2025  |  CARB-X funds rapid diagnostic test platform for bloodstream infections

    CARB-X today announced an award of $3.5 million to biotechnology company Melio to develop a rapid diagnostic test for bloodstream infections, including neonatal sepsis.

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  • 01.14.2025  |  CARB-X funds Melio to develop rapid diagnostic to detect neonatal sepsis

    CARB-X will award biotechnology company Melio US$3.5M to develop and execute a technical feasibility workplan for its culture-free platform designed to identify blood stream infections including neonatal sepsis.

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  • 01.10.2025  |  Peptilogics receives $3.3 million from CARB-X to develop treatment for fracture-related infections

    CARB-X yesterday announced an award of $3.3 million to Pittsburgh-based Peptilogics to develop a slow-release version of its investigational, broad-spectrum therapeutic for joint-related infections.

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  • 01.09.2025  |  CARB-X funds Peptilogics to develop a novel, broad-spectrum therapeutic to treat fracture-related infections

    CARB-X will award Peptilogics US$3.3 million to develop and execute a workplan for its slow-release formulation of a novel, broad-spectrum therapeutic, zaloganan-CR, an engineered peptide intended for use in preventing infection after high-energy-traumatic bone injuries.

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  • 01.09.2025  |  Seres Therapeutics announces new translational biomarker results from SER-155 Phase 1b clinical study and provides corporate updates

    Seres Therapeutics, a leading live biotherapeutics company, today announced new translational biomarker results for exploratory endpoints from its SER-155 Phase 1b placebo-controlled study in patients undergoing allogenic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).

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  • 01.08.2025  |  Basilea provides portfolio update and outlook

    Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to meeting the needs of patients with severe bacterial and fungal infections, reported today on the progress of its Research & Development portfolio in 2024 and upcoming milestones.

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