Project description
Fight antimicrobial resistance from within
The ability of pathogens to resist antibiotics, known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR), causes millions of deaths every year and poses a major health threat worldwide. Bacteria resistant to multiple or all available drugs constitutes a nightmare scenario that could lead to the next global pandemic. Funded by the HORIZON programme, the IN-ARMOR project proposes to enhance the body's innate defence mechanisms to combat AMR. Researchers will employ computer-aided drug design to develop a novel class of immune system activators that will be administered via a nanotechnology-based delivery system. These activators will be tested in pre-clinical models for efficacy. The project aims to overcome the bottlenecks associated with antibiotic development and offer an alternative treatment for AMR.
Objective
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) & multi-drug resistance, whereby pathogens evolve to resist antibiotic drugs, is designated by WHO one of the top 10 health threats of our time and is a top 3 priority health threat requiring EU level coordination. AMR was estimated to be linked to 4.95 million deaths in 2019. The next global pandemic could be a multi-drug resistant bacterium, or emergence of ‘pan-drug’ resistant strains (resistant to all existing drugs). Alternative therapeutic approaches are proving to be expensive and slow to develop, whilst also facing the risk of evolving strains. The innate immunity presents the strongest potential to tackle AMR as it can generate antimicrobial molecules and proteins that directly inhibit microbial survival. Inducing such proteins has shown effective antimicrobial activity against bacteria, viruses, fungi & protozoa.
Building on this approach, leading professors and researchers from 9 Universities and research institutes are collaborating with 7 medical and industry partners representing 9 EU countries to introduce a novel class of immune system inducers able to enhance the body’s own innate microbial defence mechanisms to combat AMR and reduce incidence of the 13 listed most dangerous infections (including 2 of the top 3 priority-1 infections).
IN-ARMOR will optimise an already developed drug platform using Computer Aided Drug Design, and in-silico approaches, in tandem with a nanotech-based drug delivery system for the first target indication. The developed therapy will be pre-clinically validated for safety and efficacy in-vitro and in vivo to complete all investigational Medicinal Product requirements.
Upon completion, IN-ARMOR will be prepared for clinical validation. Upon commercialisation, IN-AMOR could potentially save more 4Mn lives worldwide and result in the significant burden reduction of antibiotic development with long-term cost reduction impact of €107Bn, whilst reducing the global disease burden by 96.84Mn DAL
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- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology mycology
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HORIZON.2.1 - Health
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HORIZON.2.1.4 - Infectious Diseases, including poverty-related and neglected diseases
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-06-two-stage
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101 Reykjavik
Iceland
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