11/25/2024
We are developing a novel class of small molecule antibiotics targeting PolC, the replicative DNA polymerase in Gram-positive bacteria. By inhibiting a novel bacterial target, these compounds circumvent existing mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. CRS0540 exhibits broad spectrum activity against all clinically significant Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP), Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A strep), Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B strep), vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE), Bacillus anthracis (anthrax), and Listeria monocytogenes.