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Anti-infective antibodies: finding the path forward

Nature Biotechnology volume 24, pages 1491–1493 (2006)Cite this article

Despite growing commercial interest in antimicrobial strategies that rely on antibodies, recent clinical trial failures suggest they are a work in progress.

This June, Basel-based Novartis Pharmaceuticals made a first reconnoiter into antimicrobial antibodies in its quest to find new weapons to fight infections. It paid $569 million to acquire NeuTec Pharmaceuticals of Manchester, UK, and its two late-stage products, both antibody fragments developed as therapies for difficult-to-treat microbes.

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