Big pharma players offer compounds for antibiotic search

12 December 2018

Many big pharma companies have exited the antibiotics space in recent years, so news of a commitment being made by two major names in the industry is a boost to the global drive to overcome antibacterial resistance.

The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), Eisai (TSE: 4523) and Takeda (TSE: 4502) have signed an agreement for GARDP to access and screen components of the Japanese companies’ chemical libraries.

Both libraries will be tested by the Institut Pasteur Korea in the hope of discovering new compounds with antibacterial activity.

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