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News Scan for Apr 19, 2021 – CIDRAP
CARB-X to fund development of bacteriophage-based drug
CARB-X announced today that it is awarding Phico Therapeutics of Cambridge, United Kingdom, up to $5.3 million to develop an intravenous bacteriophage drug to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
The award will support development of Phico’s SASPject PT 3.9 project, which combines engineered bacteriophages with antibacterial small acid-soluble spore proteins (SASPs) to target and inactivate P aeruginosa bacteria….
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