Start-up dedicated to developing new antibiotics

Smartbax nominated for Falling Walls award

It all began with basic research: While conducting laboratory experiments, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) came across an active agent against multidrug-resistant bacteria with a fundamental difference to antibiotics developed to date. The researchers have since established a start-up to develop a new drug based on this agent. The entrepreneurs have now been nominated for Science Breakthrough of the Year in the Science Start-Up category at the international Falling Walls summit.

Rising numbers of bacteria are developing resistance to antibiotics. Studies have shown that hundreds of thousands of people die every year due to infections with antibiotic-resistant pathogens. ...