Motif Plunges As FDA Demands New Iclaprim Study

The UK biotech is in dire need of further funding after US regulators requested an additional clinical trial for its much-delayed skin infection antibiotic.

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Storm clouds over Motif Bio • Source: Shutterstock

Motif Bio PLC has been dealt a serious blow from the US Food and Drug Administration which has told the cash-strapped UK biotech it needs to carry out an additional trial for iclaprim if it wants any hope of getting approval for the antibiotic.

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