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C?rza and the University of Florida Expand Collaboration to Include Bacterial Biothreats with DTRA Award

SALT LAKE CITY, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- C?rza Global, LLC (C?rza) announced today that The Institute for Therapeutic Innovation (ITI) at the University of Florida has been awarded a $75M contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in partnership with C?rza. This program is aimed at the development of C?rza's CZ-02 platform of antibiotics for the treatment of drug-resistant bacterial infections. The CZ-02 platform represents a novel class of antibacterial agents with a unique mode of action.

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs represent a global health crisis. "The COVID-19 virus pandemic has also heightened awareness of the deficiencies in our current arsenal of antibacterial drugs", commented John W. Kozarich, CEO of C?rza. "We are pleased to expand our collaboration with ITI to advance our platform, not only for treatments of community and hospital-associated pathogens, but also to now include those with significant biothreat potential. If successful, these unique molecules will represent the first new class of antibiotics discovered in the last 60 years with activity against these pathogens."

The contract provides C?rza with funding to advance novel CZ-02s into clinical development. Chad Testa, Ph.D., Vice President of Research at C?rza will serve as Principal Investigator (PI) for C?rza. Henry Heine, Ph.D. of ITI will be the PI for the full contract.

For more information, please contact:

John Kozarich, CEO
C?rza Global, LLC
(801) 935-4860
[email protected]
www.C?rza.com

 

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