Profile

Abgentis’ goal is to provide a new broad-spectrum IV/oral antibacterial to treat acute and chronic, life-threatening and drug-resistant infections. Based on a previously marketed but uncompetitive compound, Abgentis’ “fast-follower” programme will deploy unique insight into the structure-activity relationships, microbiology, pharmacology and efficacy of antibacterial DNA supercoiling inhibitors to rapidly re-engineer and optimise, to create an internationally competitive product. The keys to market penetration are the IV and oral bioavailability (enabling step-down therapy), the spectrum of activity including both Gram+ve and Gram-ve pathogens and the ultra-low spontaneous resistance frequency.