Evotec and Helmholtz Centre joining platforms and forces for novel antibiotics

Hamburg and Braunschweig, Germany, 20 Feb 2019

Evotec AG and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (“HZI”) announced today a collaboration with the goal to address a major global health threat by developing novel antibiotics that overcome drug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Research activities will initially be focused on the optimisation of cystobactamids, a family of natural antibacterial products with innovative chemical scaffolds that are active against the most dangerous Gram-negative pathogens on the WHO priority list.