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New drugs against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: a systematic review of patents.

María C JiménezLayza KowalskiRicardo B SoutoIzabel Almeida AlvesMax Denisson Maurício VianaDiana Marcela Aragón
Published in: Future microbiology (2022)
<b>Background:</b> Antimicrobial resistance has been a threat to human health ever since the accelerated consumption of antibiotics began. <b>Materials &amp; methods:</b> The present systematic review was carried out using a free and specialized online database - Espacenet - and a survey for patents of antimicrobial agents from 2010 to 2021, selecting 33 recent patents that claimed compounds with antimicrobial activity against resistant strains of Gram-negative bacteria. <b>Results:</b> Some different and new approaches to the development of the patented antibacterial agents were identified, such as antimicrobial peptides, nanomaterials and natural extracts. <b>Conclusion:</b> Some alternatives to modern antibiotics with diminished effectiveness due to antimicrobial resistance were spotted. Nevertheless, many challenges remain to establish a robust and sustainable antibacterial R&amp;D pipeline.
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