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Basilea Secures New BARDA Funding to Address Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections

(IN BRIEF) Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd has received an additional USD 5.4 million from BARDA to continue development of its novel oral antibiotic ceftibuten-ledaborbactam etzadroxil. The antibiotic is being developed for complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis, particularly infections caused by … Read the full press release

New Preclinical Study Points to Alternative Approach for Tackling Antibiotic-Resistant STIs

(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the University of Liverpool and the University of Oxford have developed an experimental targeted therapy designed to kill antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea. The approach uses an antibody-drug conjugate made up of an … Read the full press release

BARDA Provides Further Support for Basilea’s Ceftibuten-Ledaborbactam Programme Targeting Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

(IN BRIEF) Basilea Pharmaceutica has received an additional USD 13.3 million from BARDA to continue development of ceftibuten-ledaborbactam etzadroxil, an investigational oral beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor antibiotic being developed for complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis. The latest tranche brings BARDA’s total … Read the full press release

BARDA Provides Additional Funding to Support Basilea Development of Oral Treatment for Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR (IN BRIEF) Basilea Pharmaceutica has been awarded USD 6 million by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to continue development of its investigational oral antibiotic ceftibuten-ledaborbactam etzadroxil for treating complicated urinary … Read the full press release