Venus Remedies (NSE:VENUSREM, BOM:526953) has secured exclusive in-licensing rights from UK-based anti-infectives specialist Infex Therapeutics to develop and commercialize MET-X in India, according to a Tuesday filing to the Indian stock exchanges.
Under the terms of the agreement, Venus Remedies will begin with the first phase involving healthy volunteers in lndia, evaluating MET-X in combination with meropenem.
Following this, the focus will shift to the second and third phase trials targeting drug resistant complicated urinary tract infections in prevalent hospital settings.
Shares of the company were up 2% in recent trade.