Swedish women’s health company Gedea Biotech has been awarded €3 million by EU’s Horizon 2020 to accelerate introduction of antibiotic-free treatment for vaginal infections.
Gedea Biotech has announced that it has received €3 million from the EU program Fast Track to Innovation (FTI), part of Horizon 2020. The grant will fund completion of the clinical trial program and preparation work for market introduction of the company’s antibiotic-free treatment for vaginal infections.
Partners in the program are Link Medical Research in Norway and Nottingham University Hospitals in the UK.
An opportunity to replace current treatments involving antibiotics
Vaginal infections are a common problem, and current treatments such as antibiotics are not always effective. According to FTI, the justification to select Gedea Biotech as a recipient of the funding is based on, not only the significant medical need, but also on the resultant opportunity to replace current treatments involving antibiotics. Several strains of bacteria and fungi are already resistant to current treatments.
“We believe that our new treatment, which has already shown promising results in a recently finalized clinical study in patients with bacterial vaginosis, will benefit both patients and healthcare. We are therefore delighted to have received this funding enabling us to launch the product earlier than otherwise would have been the case. We now look forward to initiating the work on our next clinical trial in Europe, together with our partners in Norway and the UK. We expect to launch our first product, that treats and prevents bacterial vaginosis in 2021,” says Annette Säfholm, CEO at Gedea Biotech.
Photo of Annette Säfholm: Gedea Biotech
