Polyphor's Stock Slides As Murepavadin Trials Are Halted

The Switzerland-headquartered group has suffered a setback as a couple of Phase III trials of its lead antibiotic were stopped temporarily after an unexpectedly high number of patients reported kidney injury.

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Polyphor Ltd.’s decision to halt recruitment for two late-stage trials of murepavadin owing to a higher than expected rate of kidney injury has seen the Swiss biotech's stock sink and raised doubts over the future for the potential first-in-class Pseudomonas aeruginosa-targeted antibiotic.

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