Seres Therapeutics to Present at CARB-X Investor Day
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRB), (Seres or the Company), a leading live biotherapeutics company, today announced that it will present at the 2026 CARB-X Investor Day on April 16, 2026, which precedes the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Global conference in Munich, Germany. CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) is a global nonprofit partnership accelerating the development of new antibacterial products to address drug-resistant bacteria. The CARB-X Investor Day brings together pharmaceutical and biotech product developers, investors, and partners working to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The World Health Organization declared AMR as a top ten global public health threat, with estimates that yearly deaths may reach 10 million by 2050, putting mortality due to AMR on par with deaths due to cancer. The event will feature presentations on innovative therapeutics from recipients of CARB-X grants, providing opportunities for collaboration and funding support.
At the meeting, Elizabeth Halvorsen, Ph.D., Senior Director of Translational Biology at Seres, will provide an overview of the Company's therapeutic platform and the productive, long-term collaboration with CARB-X. In 2025, Seres received a non-dilutive award from CARB-X for up to $3.6 million, representing the Company's second CARB-X award, to support development of an oral liquid formulation based on SER-155 strains, now referred to as SER-428, for dosing in patients who cannot take oral capsules such as intubated patients in the medical ICU, and other medically vulnerable patients at high risk of AMR infections. Seres has advanced development and manufacturing of SER-428 and is designing a Phase 1b open label trial in collaboration with Dr. Dan Freedberg at Columbia University to evaluate this therapeutic candidate in medical ICU patients at high risk of infection.
"We are pleased to continue our collaboration with CARB-X, whose support has been instrumental in advancing our efforts to address antimicrobial resistance," said Matthew Henn, Ph.D., President and Chief Scientific Officer of Seres. "We are advancing SER-428, a liquid-formulation biotherapeutic designed to expand access to vulnerable patients, including those unable to take oral capsules. We believe SER-428 can play an important role in preventing and treating antimicrobial resistance and other serious infections in ICU patients, and, with CARB-X support, are progressing toward clinical studies in high-risk populations."
Seres continues to work to create meaningful partnerships with collaborators to support further development of its pipeline programs in inflammatory and immune diseases including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and immune checkpoint inhibitor-related enterocolitis (irEC), and for its Phase 2 ready SER-155 program to reduce life-threating bloodstream infections in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT).
About Seres Therapeutics
Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRB) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel live biotherapeutics, with a focus on inflammatory and immune diseases. The Company led the development and FDA approval of VOWST™, the first orally administered microbiome therapeutic, which was subsequently divested to Nestlé Health Science. SER-155, which has received Breakthrough Therapy and Fast Track designations, is being advanced for patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT), and is Phase 2 ready, pending receipt of funding. An investigator-sponsored trial of SER-155 is ongoing in immune checkpoint inhibitor–related enterocolitis (irEC) to further evaluate the potential breadth of the Company's live biotherapeutic platform. SER-603, in development for irritable bowel disease, is designed to modulate the gastrointestinal microbiome and support mucosal barrier integrity by targeting inflammatory bacteria and associated metabolites. For more information, please visit www.serestherapeutics.com.
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