SBIR/STTR Research Award
Macrolide Discovery through Glycosylation
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Recipient company
- OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- PHS2004-2
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Macrolide antibiotics have been marketed since the early 1950's and have a history of being safety and efficacious. These molecules inhibit protein synthesis by interacting with bacterial ribosomal RNA subunits. The recent emergence of macrolide resistanc
Technology keywords
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