March 22nd, 2010 - Deinobiotics, project led by Deinove in partnership with biotech company Nosopharm and two expert laboratories, CPBS (CNRS - University of Montpellier 1) and IGS (CNRS Marseille), was labelled by the Eurobiomed pole and has been selected for funding under the 9th call for projects of the French Competitiveness Clusters. Deinobiotics is aimed at screening the antibiotic and antifungal potential of Deinove's unique microbial library and at developing new molecules for treating resistant microbial infections, a high-priority medical need. The objective of this programme is to deliver at least one or two new compounds at the pre-IND stage... Deinove 's Press Release - communiqué de presse Deinove -Deinove in brief
...Research of new antibiotics
Deinove discovered that several Deinococcus strains in its library produced antibiotics and antifungal agents. These preliminary results were encouraging enough to prompt the company to screen its whole collection. In fact, bacteria (and notably certain genera like the actinomycetes) are responsible for most of the currently marketed antibiotics. Infectious disease represents the world's leading cause of mortality. The dramatic increase in antibiotic resistance means that is is essential to rapidly discover and develop a new therapeutic arsenal... Deinove in brief -
Nosopharm is a young biotech company who develops a novel biotecnological platform for the optimal exploitation of the exceptional medicinal potential of the microbial biodiversity. This platform affords us to:
- Discover and develop novel antibacterial molecules to cure antibiotic-multiresistant nosocomial infections, especially respiratory infections due to Gram-negative pathogens (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, …)
- Make partnerships with companies willing to profit from their microbial bioresources for medicinal purpose, or willing to discover and characterize bioactive natural molecules that have never been described... About Nosopharm - à propos de Nosopharm -
