SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Achaogen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAO), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing innovative antibacterials addressing multi-drug resistant (MDR) gram-negative infections, today reported financial results for the second quarter 2017, and provided an update on its corporate and clinical development activities.
"We made excellent progress this quarter including being granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for plazomicin, securing more than a dozen plazomicin presentations at ASM Microbe, and dosing the first patient in our C-Scape clinical development program,” said Kenneth Hillan, M.B. Ch.B., Achaogen's Chief Executive Officer. "Our planned plazomicin NDA application is our top priority and we remain on track to file the NDA in 2017.”
"We made excellent progress this quarter including being granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for plazomicin, securing more than a dozen plazomicin presentations at ASM Microbe, and dosing the first patient in our C-Scape clinical development program,” said Kenneth Hillan, M.B. Ch.B., Achaogen's Chief Executive Officer. "Our planned plazomicin NDA application is our top priority and we remain on track to file the NDA in 2017.”
