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9 Sep 2011

HHS Awards $94M to GSK for New Antibiotic Development

GlaxoSmithKline will receive $94m from the US Department of Health and Human Services for a promising new antibiotic research and testing.

UK-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline will receive $94m from the US Department of Health and Human Services to support research and clinical testing for a promising new antibiotic that could be used to treat pneumonia and bio-terror threats.

 

The antibiotic, GSK '052, will be moved to mid-stage trial for ventilator-associated pneumonia and a late-stage study for complicated intra-abdominal infections.

 

Anacor Pharmaceuticals discovered the compound and licensed it to GlaxoSmithKline last year to receive an option exercise fee of $15 million.

 

The company is also eligible for future development milestone payments of up to $75.5 million and commercial milestone paymen

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