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Soligenix Awarded NIAID Grant for Melioidosis Drug

By Drug Discovery Trends Editor | February 14, 2014

Burkholderia pseudomallei colonies. (Source: Wikimedia/Gak)Soligenix Inc. announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded Soligenix a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to support further preclinical development of SGX943 as a treatment for melioidosis. The award will provide Soligenix with approximately $300,000 over one year to conduct the studies in collaboration with Tulane University.
 
Melioidosis is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bps). Current treatment for melioidosis requires long and intensive antibiotic administration and extensive supportive care. In endemic regions, mortality from melioidosis can be as high as 40%. In addition to causing a high rate of endemic disease in Southeast Asian and Northern Australia, Bps is also considered a top five priority in the most recent Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasure Enterprise (PHEMCE) Strategy document. 
 
SGX943 has been comprehensively evaluated in bacterial infection models and has shown preclinical efficacy with Gram-positive methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as well as with other Gram-negative pathogens. As an innate defense regulator, SGX943 does not have direct antibacterial activity, but rather stimulates the innate immune system to combat infection while simultaneously suppressing inflammation. Thus, SGX943 has the potential to be a novel adjunctive treatment paradigm for antibiotic resistant infections, including melioidosis.    
 
This new grant will support further evaluation of SGX943 in the treatment of melioidosis in preclinical studies. These results will represent a significant step forward in the development of SGX943 as a medical countermeasure for melioidosis. 
 
“Melioidosis remains a significant biothreat as well as a major life-threatening endemic disease in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia,” stated Christopher Schaber, president and chief executive officer of Soligenix. “We are encouraged with the promising preclinical survival results observed to date with SGX943.  With this support from NIAID, we look forward to continuing development of SGX943 in melioidosis.”
 
Date: February 14, 2014
Source: Soligenix

Filed Under: Drug Discovery

 

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