Achaogen Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

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Achaogen (NASDAQ:AKAO), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing innovative antibacterials addressing multi-drug resistant (MDR) gram-negative infections, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017, and provided an update on its corporate and clinical development activities. As quoted in the press release: “We gained considerable momentum in 2017 that …

As quoted in the press release:

“We gained considerable momentum in 2017 that culminated with FDA acceptance of our plazomicin NDA submission and positive results from our first clinical trial of C-Scape, our second antibacterial product candidate,” said Blake Wise, Achaogen’s Chief Executive Officer. “There remains a significant unmet need for the treatment of serious bacterial infections due to MDR Enterobacteriaceae, including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), and we look forward to the potential approval of plazomicin this year and the opportunity to make plazomicin available to hospitals and patients in need.”

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