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Operations Started research operations (10 FTEs) in September 2011 Redx Anti-Infectives launched in Alderley Park in April 2013 Currently 55 scientists Focus Antibiotics for serious, drug-resistant Gram-negative and Gram- positive infections Antiviral therapies for indications of high unmet need (e.g. Influenza & hepatitis B) Novel therapeutics targeting bacterial resistance mechanisms
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HTS screening sets not geared to binding AB targets Challenges of crossing bacterial membranes Lack of druggability GSK (1995-2001) - 70 HTS (260,000-530,000 compounds) - Mainly enzyme based - 16 HTS screens gave hits - 5 translated into leads - 7% success rate (4-5 fold lower vs non-AB targets) - Each screen estimated $1 million Pfizer - 6.5% success rate
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Leverage Structural Based Drug Discovery Scaffold hopping Explore uncharted potential binding opportunities Knowledge based SAR Execution of 21 st century synthetic methodology 2 1 3 4
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Known Chemotype Novel Core - lack classic FQ COOH function - 4 points of SAR tractable diversity - balanced dual inhibitors - low frequency of resistance < 10 -10 - not cytotoxic (HepG2) - low activity vs human Topo (II) - target MRSA
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Strain key: S. aureus ATCC 29213: wild-type S. aureus NRS1: GyrA S84L; GrlA S80F S. aureus NRS482: GyrA S84L; GrlA S80Y S. aureus CIP1-SP25*: GrlA E84G Whole-cell susceptibility data indicate that RedxA retains potent activity against quinolone-resistant strains *Ciprofloxacin-resistant mutant generated in-house by serial passage RedxA
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Mouse PK - low clearance (18% LBF) - high oral bioavailability (70%) - oral efficacy S. aureus induced septicaemia model (50 mg/kg) *** ***P<0.0001 RedxA Cipro O Vehicle No change in bodyweight or temperature
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Lead Optimisation ongoing - key focus on ADMET Funded by Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital Trusts - ground breaking collaboration between industry & NHS - complete human PoC studies Neutropenic murine MRSA induced thigh infection model on going with RedxC
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- 3 points of SAR tractable diversity - low frequency of resistance < 10 -9 - not cytotoxic (HepG2) - low activity vs human Topo (II) - no significant cross resistance with FQ resistant strains Known Chemotype Adapted Novel Core Gram+ve
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10 Organism MIC (µg/mL) RedxDRedxERedxF Acinetobacter baumannii NCTC 134203220.5 Enterobacter cloacae NCTC 134066482 Escherichia coli ATCC 2592240.50.06 Haemophilus influenzae ATCC 492471641 Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 700603128168 Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853>12884 Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213110.25 Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC 49619122 Single digit activity against several of the ESKAPE pathogens
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11 Strain MIC (µg/mL) RedxDRedxERedxFCipro E. coli MG1655 (Wild-type)80.50.250.008 E. coli MG1655 S83L80.50.12 E. coli MG1655 D87G1610.50.06 No significant cross resistance with FQ resistant strains Extended to clinical isolates 15x
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12 Hit to lead phase Funded in part through European Gram Negative Antibacterial Engine (ENABLE) Project infrastructure moving from an internal base to one of working partnerships with consortium partners - Med Chem (Redx & Upsalla); Microbiology (Upsalla) etc
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