LOS ANGELES , Aug. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE American: ARMP) ("Armata" or the "Company"), a biotechnology company focused on the development of high-purity, pathogen-specific bacteriophage therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant and difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, today announced that Mina Pastagia , M.
D., MS, Chief Medical Officer, will deliver a poster presentation at the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), which is being held August 26-29 in Kissimmee, FL. The poster provides an overview of Armata's two distinct phage development programs, inhaled AP-PA02 ( Pseudomonas aeruginosa bronchiectasis) and intravenous AP-SA02 ( Staphylococcus aureus ( S.
aureus ) bacteremia), which are being or have been evaluated in three distinct double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical trials. Regarding AP-SA02, Armata is currently advancing its Phase 1b /2a multiple ascending dose study (diSArm) of intravenous AP-SA02 as an adjunct to best available antibiotic therapy (BAT) compared to BAT alone. Enrollment of the diSArm study is 80% complete, and Armata anticipates completing enrollment by the end of 2024.
The clinical development of AP-SA02 is supported by a $21.6 million Department of Defense grant, received through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) and managed by the Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) – Naval Advanced Medical Development (NAMD) with funding from the Defense Health Agency and Joint.