Venatorx Announces Presentation of Analysis of Cefepime-Taniborbactam in vitro Activity against Clinically Significant Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Cancer at IDWeek 2023
Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, a private, clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on improving health outcomes for patients with drug-resistant bacterial infections and hard-to-treat viral infections, today announces the presentation of data during IDWeek 2023 , October 11-15, 2023, in Boston, MA on the in vitro activity of cefepime-taniborbactam, an investigational antibacterial agent, in comparison to other antibiotics against clinically significant gram-negative bacteria isolated from patients with cancer.
- Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, a private, clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on improving health outcomes for patients with drug-resistant bacterial infections and hard-to-treat viral infections, today announces the presentation of data during IDWeek 2023 , October 11-15, 2023, in Boston, MA on the in vitro activity of cefepime-taniborbactam, an investigational antibacterial agent, in comparison to other antibiotics against clinically significant gram-negative bacteria isolated from patients with cancer.
- The bacterial isolates tested included Extended Spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacterales and Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) isolates, and MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- In the study, cefepime-taniborbactam demonstrated higher in vitro activity than the tested comparators.
- While cefepime-taniborbactam has not yet been approved for clinical use, only 3 of the 270 isolates (1.1%; 2 CRE Escherichia coli and 1 MDR P. aeruginosa) were found to be resistant to cefepime-taniborbactam at its provisional breakpoint.