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APHB: SUCCESSFUL CASE REPORTS PRESENTED FOR AB-SA01 AND AB-PA01

Multiple Case Reports Presented for Patients Treated with AB-SA01 and AB-PA01



On June 7, 2018, AmpliPhi Biosciences Corp. (NYSE:APHB) reported that multiple case reports on patients treated with the company’s lead bacteriophage development products, AB-SA01 and AB-PA01, were presented at the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Annual Meeting and the 41st European Cystic Fibrosis Conference. Topline results from these cases had previously been announced by AmpliPhi with the presentations providing additional details.

At ASM, a presentation described four cases of severe Staphylococcus aureus infection treated with AB-SA01. Three of the cases involved patients with endovascular infection and one case of severe vertebral osteomyelitis with epidural abscess. For all the patients, medical and surgical therapy options had been exhausted. Patients were treated with 3×109 plaque-forming units of AB-SA01 intravenously twice-daily for two weeks in combination with the best antibiotic therapy available. The bacteriophage therapy was well tolerated in all patients with no reports of serious adverse events … read more