AmpliPhi provides update on cGMP manufacturing facility and investigational bacteriophage cocktail for treating S. aureus

AmpliPhi BioSciences Corporation (OTCQB: APHB), a global leader in the development of bacteriophage-based antibacterial therapies to treat drug resistant infections, announced that the Company will give a presentation today at the 21^st Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting, taking place August 2-7 in Olympia, Wash.

Sandra Morales, Ph.D., AmpliPhi’s Vice President of Research, will lead a discussion entitled ‘GMP phage production for clinical trials,’ describing the Company’s dedicated current good manufacturing practices (cGMP)-certified manufacturing facility and will provide an overview on AmpliPhi’s investigational bacteriophage cocktail for treating Staphylococcus aureus infections. The presentation will take place today, Wednesday August 5 at 1:20 PM PDT.

“We were pleased to announce in June that AmpliPhi received cGMP certification for its manufacturing facility, the first in the world solely dedicated to producing bacteriophage products for human use,” said M. Scott Salka, CEO of AmpliPhi. “Following achievement of this significant milestone, the Company is in a strong position to manufacture novel bacteriophage-based treatments to combat the growing global epidemic of antibacterial resistance, and we can now do so at commercial scale, in a safe, efficient and highly reproducible manner.”

As part of AmpliPhi’s commitment to developing and commercializing novel bacteriophage-based antibacterial therapeutics, the Company has provided the conference with a sponsorship grant that will be used to support young scientists and meeting participants from underdeveloped countries.

“This is an exciting time in the development of human phage-based therapies and we are proud to celebrate the 21st Biennial International Phage Meeting with more than 200 attendees from 40 countries,” said Betty Kutter, Ph.D., Evergreen Faculty Emerita, and Director of the Evergreen Phage Lab. “We are also encouraged by recent government commitments to combatting antibacterial resistance and are grateful to the support of this meeting from the USDA and NIH. We are pleased to honor AmpliPhi Biosciences as a collaborative supporter of the phage community. We look forward to following the Company’s progress in advancing much-needed phage treatments to the clinic.”