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The antibiotic reality. The antibiotic market is a >$30 billion market worldwide The antibiotic pipeline is as empty as it has been since the discovery of antibiotics (97% of antibiotics in development are analogs of existing drugs) Antibiotic resistance has emerged as a major challenge
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The antibiotic reality The antibiotic market is a >$30 billion market worldwide The antibiotic pipeline is as empty as it has been since the discovery of antibiotics (97% of antibiotics in development are analogs of existing drugs) Antibiotic resistance has emerged as a major challenge in public and personal health The search for single “blockbuster” broad-spectrum antibiotics is both medically and ecologically foolish
The new antibiotic landscape • The search for single “blockbuster” broad-spectrum antibiotics is medically, ecologically and financially untenable. • Origin is committed to the design of effective • narrow spectrum antimicrobials that: • Specifically target pathogenic organisms • Reduce the emergence of resistance • Leverage developments in diagnostics • and personalized medicine
Bacteriocin Diversity Bacteriocins May be universally present in Bacteria, certainly prevalent E. coli - colicins P. aeruginosa - pyocin B. subtilis - subtilin S. epidermis - epidermin L. brevis - brevicin Archaeacins Universally present
“…pitted against microbial genes we have mainly our wits.”Joshua Lederberg Ia E9 Our leads derive from a family of naturally-occurring antimicrobials, the bacteriocins Ubiquitous Specific and targetable Nontoxic to vertebrates Modifiable and patentable
3 billion years of R&D Yr 0 Yr 7 Yr 15-20 For additional information, contact: Dr. Robert Dorit or Dr. Margaret Riley origin.antimicrobials@gmail.com Post Market FDA Discovery Animal Trials Phase II Conventional antibiotics Phase III Preclinical Phase I Yr 0 Yr 2 Post Market FDA Animal Trials Phase II Discovery Phase III Preclinical Phase I The lead to bedside pipeline