Centre hosting ground-breaking research into new class of antibiotics

A company which has secured more than £1.5m seed funding to allow it to carry out research into new antibiotics that could save millions of lives has established a base in Sheffield’s UKSE Innovation Centre.

The centre will accommodate MetalloBio’s growing management and technical team.

Widely recognised as one of the biggest threats to global health, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is responsible for 1.2 million deaths per year globally.

MetalloBio’s move will allow the company to continue to deliver on its research into the development of a completely new class of antibiotics to tackle this problem.

The company plans to continue its growth and research locally and so it has chosen the UKSE Innovation Centre for its base given its close proximity to the University of Sheffield’s labs, where vital R&D work is carried out.

MetalloBio’s COO, Richard Senior, said: “The innovation centre represented the perfect HQ for us, it is close to the labs we use and Sheffield-based collaborators we are working with, it’s walkable for those within the team who live in Sheffield and very accessible for those who live slightly further away.

“MetalloBio are currently fundraising, which if successful would mean that the company headcount will grow as we continue to innovate the first new antimicrobial compounds to emerge for nearly 40 years.”

Steve Lyon, area manager at UKSE, said: “We’re pleased to welcome MetalloBio to the UKSE Innovation Centre, which is ideally situated in the city centre, close to both universities.”

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