Spero Therapeutics Announces Clearance of IND for SPR206 to Treat MDR Gram-negative Bacterial Infections

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRO), a multi-asset clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focused on identifying and developing novel treatments in high unmet need areas involving rare diseases and multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections, today announced that it has received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational new drug (IND) application, to evaluate SPR206 in a Phase 2 clinical study. SPR206 is a novel, intravenously (IV) administered next-generation polymyxin antibiotic for the treatment of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP) caused by MDR Gram-negative bacterial infections.