Expansion and Characterisation of Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogen Strain Collection for PACE

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MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT SERVICES LIMITED awarded a contract to UK Health Security Agency for the continued expansion and characterisation of a multi-drug resistant pathogen reference strain and clinical isolate collection.

The collection, comprising approximately 20-30 strains across E.

coli, K.

pneumoniae, P.

aeruginosa, A.

baumannii, and S.

aureus, is representative of pathogens and resistance mechanisms aligned to the PACE first funding call.

It will be used to generate antimicrobial susceptibility data across PACE-funded projects and made available to PACE awardees and the wider AMR community for antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

The contract value is £695,718.