C Diff Drug Development

Bacterial vaccines fight against antimicrobial resistance

A biotech in the UK has out-licensed a C. difficile candidate to a US biotech for further clinical and commercialization efforts. UK-based Destiny Pharma announced Friday that it is handing NTCD-M3 to Sebela Pharmaceuticals. The deal includes an initial $1 million upfront, $19 million in development milestones, and an additional

Engineered microbes show potential for diagnosing and treating diseases. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Zou et al. develop an “intelligent” bac…

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Endospore-forming bacteria are ubiquitous, and their endospores can be present in food, in domestic animals, and on contaminated surfaces. Many spore-forming bacteria have been used in biotechnological applications, while others are human pathogens responsible for a wide range of critical clinical i …

Clostridioides difficile (CD) is a Gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium that infects mainly hospitalized and elderly people who have been treated with long-term antibiotic therapy leading to dysbiosis. The deteriorating demographic structure and the increase in the number of antibiotics used in …

The rising burden of antimicrobial resistance and increasing infectious disease outbreaks, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic, has led to a growing demand for the development of natural products as a valuable source of leading medicinal compounds. There is a wide variety of active constituents f …

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is an urgent threat and unmet medical need. The current treatments for CDI are not enough to fight the burden of CDI and recurrent CDI (r-CDI). This review aims to highlight the future drugs for CDI and their related patented applications. The non-pate …

Clostridioides difficile (CD) is a Gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium that infects mainly hospitalized and elderly people who have been treated with long-term antibiotic therapy leading to dysbiosis. The deteriorating demographic structure and the increase in the number of antibiotics used in …

Destiny Pharma has signed an exclusive collaboration and co-development agreement for the North American rights of NTCD-M3, its medicine to prevent...

A New Gold Standard for C. diff Therapy Could be in the Offing;  Next Data Release Expected in 2Q23

Nature Reviews Microbiology - This Genome Watch explores how large-scale microbiome studies are facilitating discoveries in bacteriophage biology and functional capabilities that are prime for...

Bacterial vaccines fight against antimicrobial resistance

Learn about our ongoing C. diff treatment trial: a randomized, double-blind evaluation of CRS3123 vs. Oral Vancomycin for adults with C. difficile Infection.

This phase 3, open-label, single-arm trial assesses the safety of SER-109 and the rate of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection after administration of SER-109 following symptom resolution after antibiotic treatment among adults.

There's good news, and then there's excellent news. The good news is that Acurx Pharmaceuticals is nearing its Phase 3 trial to get a best-in-class front-line treatment for C. difficile to the... | February 21, 2023

Researchers investigated the tolerability and safety of a microbiome therapy called SER-109 to treat recurrent infections of Clostridioides difficile in adults.

Crystal structures of camelid heavy-chain antibody variable domains (VHHs) bound to fragments of the combined repetitive oligopeptides domain of Clostridiodes difficile toxin A (TcdA) reveal that the C-terminus of VHH A20 was located 30 Å away from the N-terminus of V …

SER-109, an investigational microbiome therapeutic for treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, was well tolerated and showed clinical benefit.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ:ACXP) mission in bringing to market an effective and durable treatment for C. difficile was provided a significant step forward. This time, it came as a result of yet another Phase 3

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03183141.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals' mission in bringing to market an effective and durable treatment for C. difficile was provided a significant step forward. This time, it came as a result of yet another Phase... | February 8, 2023