Plazomicin’s US Debut Pencilled In For 2018, Achaogen Now Searching For Ex-US Partner

15 Dec 2016

• By John Davis

Top-line results from the pivotal Phase III EPIC study, and the smaller CARE study in patients with serious infections due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) pathogens, should allow Achaogen to find an ex-US marketing partner and submit a US marketing application in 2017 for its potential new antibacterial, plazomicin, that could address a growing market opportunity in multidrug resistant infections.

South San Francisco biotech Achaogen Inc.has announced top-line Phase III results with its lead product, plazomicin, an engineered aminoglycoside, that it says puts it in a position potentially to offer a much needed new treatment option for serious multidrug-resistant bacterial infections.

The company believes plazomicin is unique in the way it has been engineered to make it resistant to aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes...

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