The race is on to be the first company to have a microbiome therapy approved, with US firm Seres Therapeutics, Inc. staking its claim after inking a lucrative deal with Nestle Health Science to jointly commercialize SER-109 in North America for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
Seres Banks Serious Cash To Drive Microbiome Therapy To Market
Nestlé Health Science Bags US Rights To SER-109 for CDI
Seres and rival Ferring are both hoping to have the first-ever FDA-approved microbiome therapeutic but the US firm has secured a strong commercial partner in Nestlé's Aimmune pharma arm to drive SER-109 over the finishing line.
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