We aim to bring novel antibiotics and medicines for high medical needs to patients. Polyphor’s goal is to be the leader in the development of novel antibiotics and other efficacious therapies against specialty diseases with high medical needs.
Polyphor was founded in 1996 and is a clinical stage, privately held Swiss specialty pharma company, based in Allschwil near Basel. It focuses on the development of macrocycle drugs that address antibiotic resistance and severe respiratory diseases.
Polyphor was founded in 1996 and is a clinical stage, privately held Swiss specialty pharma company, based in Allschwil near Basel. It focuses on the development of macrocycle drugs that address antibiotic resistance and severe respiratory diseases.
Location: United States, Indiana, York
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +41 61 567 16 00
Total raised: $39.8M
Founded date: 1996
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | CARB-X | carb-x.org |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.04.2017 | - | $39.8M | - |
Mentions in press and media 39
| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.12.2021 | Polyphor closes merger with EnBiotix and is renamed Spexis | EQS-Ad-hoc: Polyphor AG / Key word(s): Merger Polyphor closes merger with EnBiotix and is renamed Spexis 30-Dec-2021 / 07:15 CET/CEST Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR The issuer is solely responsible for the content ... |
| 29.12.2021 | Polyphor to inform about the financing of its merger partner EnBiotix | EQS-Ad-hoc: Polyphor AG / Key word(s): Merger/Financing Polyphor to inform about the financing of its merger partner EnBiotix 29-Dec-2021 / 07:30 CET/CEST Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR The issuer is solely respons... |
| 02.09.2021 | After setback, Polyphor opts for a merger | Polyphor and Enbiotix have signed a merger agreement pursuant to which Polyphor acquires all of the outstanding capital stock of EnBiotix in exchange for shares of Polyphor common stock. Upon completion of the merger, former EnBiotix equity... |
| 16.07.2021 | Nasdaq rings in Jonathan Lim's next cancer play, Pfizer-backed startup and Harvard spinout with collective $534M raise under their belts | Editor’s note: Interested in following biopharma’s fast-paced IPO market? You can bookmark our IPO Tracker here. IPOs are booming in 2021, and companies are going public earlier than ever. About 45% of IPOs offered in th... |
| 16.07.2021 | Alexion touts new PhIII data of Soliris successor as planned AstraZeneca takeover looms | A little less than a week before AstraZeneca’s takeover of Alexion is expected to be completed, the rare disease biotech offered up a cut of data for its Soliris successor. In a Phase III study for Ultomiris looking at adults... |
| 16.07.2021 | Eli Lilly partner AbCellera finds a CBO in the face of bamlanivimab struggles; FibroGen's next CSO walks into roxadustat rebuff | Neil Berkley → Covid-19 variants have marred the effectiveness of Eli Lilly and AbCellera’s bamlanivimab to such an extent that the US government stopped using the monoclonal antibody in March, followed by a similar halt ... |
| 16.07.2021 | Celularity emerges from SPAC merger doubled down on cell therapies as Bob Hariri downgrades ill-fated Covid-19 program | It took a few months longer than expected, but Bob Hariri has finally guided Celularity and its placental-derived cells to Wall Street. Merging with GX Acquisition Corp gives Celularity $138 million to work with as Hariri... |
| 16.07.2021 | Polyphor axes staff as cash and options dwindle | Polyphor’s restructuring is beginning. The Swiss biotech, once a darling of the country’s public markets, announced that it was laying off “up to” 29 employees after its Phase III trial for its lead cancer drug failed last m... |
| 16.07.2021 | Pfizer settles EpiPen price hike lawsuits for $345M | Pfizer has agreed to pay $345 million as part of a settlement related to a 5-year-old lawsuit over the company’s price hikes on the lifesaving EpiPen. Plaintiffs across the country raised concerns over the price of the autoin... |
| 16.07.2021 | JAK inhibitor PDUFA dates extended again as safety review continues; Stemson secures $15M to cure hair loss | Two more supplemental new drug applications have been delayed again — this time from AbbVie, and the partners Eli Lilly and Incyte — as the FDA continues its ongoing safety assessment of the class of drugs known as JAK in... |
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