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UTILITY Therapeutics Joins Antimicrobials Working Group
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Antimicrobials Working Group (AWG) announced today the addition of UTILITY therapeutics Ltd. (UTILITY) to its coalition of companies with the mission to combat drug resistant infections and spur life-saving innovations. This new addition brings AWG s membership to 13 antimicrobial drug companies.
UTILITY is focused on developing and commercializing antibiotics in the United States to address the significant threat faced by healthcare systems and patients from multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. UTILITY has exclusive U.S. commercial rights to two European-approved antibiotics, pivmecillinam and mecillinam, for the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTI). Pivmecillinam is an oral prodrug of mecillinam that is being developed for uncomplicated UTI (uUTI), and it has a unique mechanism of action for infections caused b
Antimicrobials Working Group Announces Updates to Leadership Team
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Antimicrobials Working Group (AWG) announced today the appointment of a new Chairperson, Ciara Kennedy, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Kennedy replaces Evan Loh, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., who has completed his two-year term as Chairman of AWG. Dr. Loh will remain on the AWG Executive Committee. AWG also announced that Executive Committee member Ted Schroeder, Chief Executive Officer of Nabriva Therapeutics, has been appointed Vice Chair.