Forge And Basilea Enter Into Multi-Target Agreement To Discover And Develop Novel Antibiotics

Forge Therapeutics, Inc. (Forge) and Basilea Pharmaceutica International Ltd. (Basilea), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. [SIX: BSLN], announced that they have entered into a research collaboration and license agreement to discover, develop, and commercialize novel antibiotic classes. They will apply Forge’s proprietary BLACKSMITH metalloenzyme chemistry platform to develop potent and selective inhibitors against two historically difficult-to-drug, unexploited antibiotic targets.