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New Medicines
Acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSI)
Information
New molecular entity
Not Known
Innovation Pharmaceuticals
Development and Regulatory status
None
None
Phase II Clinical Trials
Category
First-in-class a synthetic, defensin-mimetic. Directly lyses the bacterial cell membrane by penetrating into it and disrupting the barrier and membrane-associated metabolic functions, leading to bacterial death.
In England in 2019/20, there were ~250,000 finished consultant episodes of skin infections including cellulitis, local infections of skin tissues and cutaneous abscess. This would be reserved for resistant skin infections; 6% on average. Therefore, ~15,000 people could be eligible for this in England (~25 per 100,000 people). [15]
Acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSI)
Intravenous