RE: Bugs &Suoerdrugs12 Jan 2019 16:41
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13:20 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRECISION ANTIBIOTICS: AGENTS DESIGNED TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF STEWARDSHIP
David Roblin
David Roblin, President of R&D, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Summit Theraputics
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Summit’s development strategy exemplifies good antibiotic stewardship and I will focus on two programmes from our antibiotic pipeline:
• Ridinilazole is a narrow spectrum, new mechanism of action antibiotic for the treatment of C. difficile infection and the reduction of disease recurrence. Ridinilazole’s narrow spectrum of activity is important: it both treats the infection whilst preserving the microbiome from further perturbation and thus reducing recurrences. Summit’s Phase 3 development programme is designed to show ridinilazole has superiority over vancomycin and support its use as a new first line therapy.
• SMT-571 a novel first-in-class oral antibiotic with activity effective against the Gram-negative bacterial pathogen, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the causative agent of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea. SMT-571 has the potential to satisfy the Target Product Profile (TPP), recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Drugs for Neglected Disease initiative (DNDi) for an oral agent to treat multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea.