Armata Pharmaceuticals Inc

Business Description

Armata Pharmaceuticals is a Los Angeles-based drug development company working on new treatments for dangerous bacterial infections that no longer respond to standard antibiotics. Rather than using conventional antibiotics, the company harnesses bacteriophages ? naturally occurring viruses that can seek out and destroy specific bacteria ? to fight infections caused by organisms such as Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Armata works alongside pharmaceutical giant Merck to explore additional applications of this technology and operates as part of the Innoviva group of companies.