Evotec and Boehringer join bioMérieux in launching AMR company

6 July 2022

German companies Evotec (EVT: Xetra) and Boehringer Ingelheim have joined forces with French diagnostics firm bioMérieux to form a joint venture to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

The resulting company, Aurobac Therapeutics, will create the next generation of antimicrobials, along with actionable diagnostics, to tackle AMR. It will combine the capabilities of the three founding companies with the aim of developing a new precision medicine approach, from diagnosis to cure.

"It has been estimated that by 2050, as many as 10 million worldwide deaths could result from AMR, making it potentially deadlier than cancer"Aurobac’s aspiration is to succeed in the fight against AMR, which represents a major public health threat. Having routine surgery such as caesarean sections or hip replacements may become life threatening, and complications from common diseases such as diabetes and injuries or cuts will become harder to manage because of AMR.

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