AmpliPhi Biosciences Presents Encouraging Pre-Clinical Data on the Use of Phage-Based Therapies to Treat Bacterial Lung Infections

RICHMOND, Va. & COLWORTH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation (APHB.PK) [‘AmpliPhi’] presented encouraging data from a pre-clinical animal model study of acute infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa at the 26th Annual North America Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Conference held 11-13 October in Florida, USA (NACFC). The data generated in collaboration with scientists at Institut Pasteur in Paris and using AmpliPhi’s phage discovery platform show that the company’s proprietary mix of bacteriophage is able to clear lung infection with efficacy comparable or superior to a high dose of an antibiotic shown to be effective against the infecting bacteria in the laboratory. Furthermore, the bacteriophage therapy rapidly eradicates bacteria in the oropharynx and lungs of the infected mice. In fact, its action appears to be faster than the antibiotic, showing efficacy at just six hours, with reduced dissemination of the infection.

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