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Procarta Biosystems Limited

Disruptive Innovation to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance | Procarta Biosystems

Procarta Biosystems Ltd aims to revolutionise the treatment of serious and life-threatening infection through the development of innovative new oligonucleotide-based antimicrobials.

CRN
06132283
Founded
2007
Age
16

Overview

Legal name
PROCARTA BIOSYSTEMS LIMITED
Region
Unknown
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
Yes

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

1 event
01 Mar
2007

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

6 awards
First funded
2012
Funded years
2012, 2013, 2018, 2019
Age at first award
5 years

Projects

2019 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Preclinical development of novel DNA-based antimicrobial agents

1 Mar 2019 to 28 Feb 2021

Awarded
£873,096
Total cost £1,247,280

"Procarta Biosystems is an antibiotic drug discovery and development organisation with a unique platform that can identify new targets for antibiotics as well as discovering new drugs to kill even the most resistant bacteria. Procarta has discovered a new type of antimicrobial that kills bacteria by blocking their gene expression through a novel mechanism...

2018 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Treating exacerbations in Crohn's disease: Developing a selective antimicrobial agent for microbiome engineering

1 Apr 2018 to 31 Mar 2019

Awarded
£139,980
Total cost £199,971

"Procarta is an antimicrobial drug discovery and development organisation with a unique platform that is developing a new type of antimicrobial: opening up bacterial transcription as a novel target. The proprietary antimicrobials are short fragments of DNA that invade the bacterial cell and kill by blocking gene expression through a novel mechanism of int...

2018 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Novel Antimicrobial agents designed to selectively kill even the most resistant organisms

1 Feb 2018 to 31 Jan 2019

Awarded
£319,374
Total cost £456,248

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2013 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Formulation development and manufacture of nanoparticulate - based novel antibacterials

1 Dec 2013 to 30 Nov 2014

Awarded
£33,619
Total cost £44,825

Procarta is developing a lasting solution to the treatment of bacterial infections using a proprietary technology platform based on nanoparticulate oligonucleotide therapeutics. This project will enable better understanding of how to formulate and manufacture novel nanoparticulate antibacterials, define and fix key QC parameters, leading to a production p...

2013 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Process development and manufacture of nanoparticulate - based antibacterials

1 Mar 2013 to 30 Jun 2013

Awarded
£24,975
Total cost £33,300

Procarta is developing a lasting solution to the treatment of bacterial infections using a proprietary technology platform based on nanoparticulate oligonucleotide therapeutics. This project will enable better understanding of how to manufacture the delivery nanoparticles, define and fix key QC parameters, leading to a production process for scale up. Thi...

2012 Vouchers Lead participant

Altering microbiota to improve diet

1 Nov 2012 to 31 Mar 2013

Awarded
£5,000
Total cost £5,000

Procarta is investigating how safe and effective changes to the bacterial content in the human gut can reduce adverse side effects associated with the typical Western diet.

Product types

Feasibility Studies Vouchers