| Industry | Pharmaceutical |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Parsippany, NJ |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Broad-spectrum antibiotics |
| Website |
melinta |
Melinta Therapeutics, founded in 2000 as Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, is an American publicly traded biopharmaceutical firm that focuses on the design and development of novel broad-spectrum antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospital settings. The company is located in Parsippany, New Jersey. [1]
In mid-2011, Sanofi entered into a global research collaboration and licensing option with the company to develop and commercialize novel antibiotics. [2] It was renamed Melinta Therapeutics in 2013. [3]
One of its products, delafloxacin (Baxdela), a fluoroquinolone antibiotic acquired from Wakunaga Pharmaceutical in 2006, [2] was approved by the FDA in 2017. [4]
As of 2016, the company was also developing radezolid, a next-generation oxazolidinone for bacterial acne. [3]
Melinta shredded off its discovery research team in late 2018. [5] It also moved its headquarters from New Haven to Morristown, New Jersey in early 2019.
On December 27, 2019, Melinta Therapeutics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [6]
In April 2020, it was transferred to affiliates of its creditor Deerfield Management. [5]
References
- ^ Carroll, John (2011). "Rib-X Pharmaceuticals - 2011 Fierce 15". FierceBiotech.
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b Cartwright, Heather (12 July 2011).
"Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Signs Global Antibiotic Research Collaboration with Sanofi". PharmaDeals Review. No. 7.
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10.3833/pdr.v2011i7.1494 (inactive 31 January 2024). Archived from
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{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 ( link) - ^ a b Stearns, John (August 1, 2016). "Melinta Therapeutics takes aim at deadly drug-resistant bacteria". Hartford Business Journal.
- ^ Osborne, Randy (20 June 2017). "Melinta's I.V., oral delafloxacin wins FDA nod in skin infections". BioWorld. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ a b Missakian, Natalie (April 23, 2020). "Antibiotics maker Melinta emerges from bankruptcy under new ownership". Hartford Business. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Antibiotics maker Melinta files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy". Reuters. 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
