SCYX - SCYNEXIS to Present Preclinical Data on Second Generation Fungerp SCY-247 at the 34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) | Benzinga

JERSEY CITY, N.J., April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SCYNEXIS, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCYX), a biotechnology company pioneering innovative medicines to overcome and prevent difficult-to-treat and drug-resistant infections, today announced the presentation of preclinical efficacy data on its second-generation fungerp candidate SCY-247 at the 34^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain from April 27-30, 2024.

SCY-247 is being developed to address systemic fungal diseases, with a key focus on invasive fungal infections where resistance to current limited treatment options is a significant concern. These presentations at ECCMID 2024 continue to build upon SCY-247's positive preclinical data illustrating its unique attributes in the fight against difficult-to-treat fungal infections.

Candida auris is an emerging fungal pathogen associated with nosocomial infections and considered a serious global health threat. It is often resistant to commonly used antifungal drugs, with about 90% of U.S. C. auris samples resistant to fluconazole and some C. auris strains resistant to all three main classes of antifungals (azoles, echinocandins and polyenes). Candida glabrata is the most common non-albicans species causing systemic fungal infections. It also has high levels of resistance to fluconazole, and echinocandin resistance appears to be increasing. Patients with Candida infections that are resistant to both fluconazole and echinocandin drugs have very few treatment options. Azole-resistant Aspergillus infections are also difficult to treat, and affected patients are up to 33% more likely to die than patients with infections that can be treated with azoles.

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