Natural peptides with antibacterial and antiviral properties
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Categories |
Peptide/Protein, Small Molecule, New Chemical Entity |
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Development Stage |
New peptides discovered |
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Patent Status |
Patent filed in the United States |
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Market |
The global market for antibacterial pharmaceuticals has suffered from a major shift in sales from brand products to generics, causing revenues to drop. The growing medical problem of drug-resistant bacteria is causing many of the current antibiotics to lose efficacy. The antibiotics market is forecast to surpass $25 billion by 2011. |
Highlights
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural antibiotics that provide a first line of attack against microorganisms invading body fluids and the skin.
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Several hundred such peptides have been isolated from spiders, scorpions, fruit-flies and fish, with more than 20% produced by the skin glands of frogs and toads.
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Development of drug resistance fuels a constant search for new antimicrobials
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Employing a proprietary method for growing intact skin glands derived from frog-skin in vitro, new peptides have been isolated
Our Innovation
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Novel antimicrobial peptides isolated from the skin of various frogs.
Key Features
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Non toxic to somatic cells
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Powerful antiviral and antibacterial activity
Development Milestones
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Next stage: synthesis of peptides and testing to determine the biological activity obtained from different combinations
The Opportunity
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Seeking funding and/or collaboration for the exciting opportunity to be involved in the development of a new generation of anti-microbial drugs
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