PYN6 shows preclinical efficacy against MRSA

24 December 2007

UK-based Phynova, a developer of prescription pharmaceuticals derived from Chinese botanical medicines, says that preclinical assessments of its developmental antibacterial PYN6 indicate that it has a high degree of activity. The firm's business development director, Tony Mills, said that the agent has been shown to inhibit the growth of 30 of the most common strains of the "super bug" methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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