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ABAC Therapeutics anuncia Serie A financiación 16 millones € para luchar contra bacterias multiresistentes
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BARCELONA, Spain, February 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

- Desarrollará soluciones terapéuticas contra bacterias multiresistentes a los antibióticos

Ferrer y "la Caixa", a través de Caixa Capital Risc, aúnan esfuerzos con un grupo de inversores internacionales para el desarrollo de antibióticos de nueva generación de la mano de ABAC Therapeutics

ABAC Therapeutics (ABAC), una compañía líder en la investigación de nuevos antibióticos específicos para patógenos concretos, ha anunciado hoy que ha cerrado una serie A de financiación de 16 millones de euros. Las entidades que han participado en la financiación de la empresa han estado lideradas por Pontifax, con la participación del Global Health Science Fund (el Fondo Global en Ciencias de la Salud, creado conjuntamente por Quark Venture Inc. y GF Securities), Caixa Capital Risc, Debiopharm Innovation Fund y Ferrer, impulsor con los fundadores de este proyecto.

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ABAC utiliza su plataforma propia de descubrimiento de fármacos PasNas para identificar antibióticos novedosos orientados a combatir las bacterias multirresistentes. Esta nueva estrategia permite identificar compuestos con actividad específica con mecanismos de acción novedosos, respetuosos con la flora bacteriana humana y a la vez minimizar la selección de cepas resistentes. La tecnología fue desarrollada originalmente por los fundadores de ABAC, Albert Palomer y Domingo Gargallo-Viola.

El programa principal de ABAC va dirigido a combatir infecciones producidas por cepas multirresistentes de Acinetobacter baumannii, un patógeno que causa cada vez más muertes y que, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), es la amenaza bacteriana para la que con más urgencia se necesitan nuevos medicamentos. La compañía tiene previsto utilizar el dinero obtenido en la Serie A de financiación para llevar su programa del Acinetobacter a la fase de desarrollo clínico, y para ampliar su cartera de antibióticos enfocada a combatir otros patógenos.

"A medida que la resistencia a los antibióticos continúa aumentando, se necesitan desesperadamente nuevas estrategias de tratamiento", ha declarado Albert Palomer, consejero delegado de ABAC. "Los antibióticos específicos para patógenos concretos representan un enfoque novedoso para el desarrollo de fármacos antiinfecciosos y tienen el potencial de dar lugar a una generación totalmente nueva de antibióticos. Nos entusiasma ser uno de los líderes en este campo y esperamos trabajar con las diferentes partes interesadas para aprovechar al máximo su potencial innovador".

"Ha llegado el momento de incorporar la medicina de precisión al tratamiento de las enfermedades infecciosas. La búsqueda de productos con actividad específica para cada patógeno, junto con la plataforma de descubrimiento PasNas, nos ofrece un nuevo paradigma para tratar las infecciones, basado en agentes antibacterianos de precisión", ha señalado por su parte Domingo Gargallo-Viola, director científico de ABAC.

Junto con el anuncio de la financiación, ABAC también ha declarado que Silvia Noiman (Pontifax), Zafrira Avnur (Quark Venture Inc. representando al Global Health Science Fund), Carlos Esteban (Caixa Capital Risc), Bea Arnold (Debiopharm Innovation Fund) y Olga Fidalgo (Ferrer) serán miembros del Consejo de Administración junto con los fundadores de la compañía Albert Palomer y Domingo Gargallo-Viola.

Acerca de los inversores en la Serie A 

La agrupación de inversores de la Serie A de financiación de ABAC constituye una mezcla bien equilibrada de fondos de inversión con experiencia en el campo de las ciencias de la vida y socios estratégicos de la industria farmacéutica.

  • Pontifax es un fondo israelí del campo de la sanidad que se dedica a invertir en compañías de ciencias de la vida con un alto nivel científico y unos directivos emprendedores excepcionales.
  • El Global Health Science Fund, creado por Quark Venture y GF Securities en 2016, invierte en una cartera diversificada de compañías de biotecnología y ciencias de la salud innovadoras de todo el mundo cuyo objetivo es satisfacer necesidades médicas actuales.
  • Caixa Capital Risc, ubicada en Barcelona, es la división de capital riesgo de "la Caixa" que invierte en tecnologías y productos biofarmacéuticos innovadores para diversas áreas patológicas.
  • Ferrer es una de las compañías privadas más grandes del sector sanitario de España con un compromiso demostrado a avanzar en investigación invirtiendo en oportunidades comerciales del campo de las ciencias de la vida.
  • Debiopharm Innovation Fund, el fondo estratégico de Debiopharm Group en Lausana, invierte en tecnologías innovadoras en el campo de la sanidad y tiene una gran experiencia en el área de las enfermedades infecciosas.

Si desea recibir más información, visite http://www.abactherapeutics.com

Contacto (Berbés Asociados):
María Valerio / María González: +34-91-563-23-00
[email protected] / [email protected]

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