AMR Centre deal with Medivir targets superbug time-bomb
Stockholm, Sweden and Alderley Park, England - Medivir AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: MVIR) and AMR Centre Ltd (AMRC) today announce signing of an agreement providing AMRC the exclusive worldwide rights to Medivir’s research stage metallo-β-lactamase inhibitor (MBLI) program. This key research program is aimed at tackling the threat posed by NDM-1 and other metallo-β-lactamases, enzymes that make bacteria resistant to widely used beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin. AMR Centre (AMRC), the leading UK organisation working to combat the global problem of drug resistance, will take forward this