We are on a mission to address the toughest infections. We are looking for intelligent and motivated people to help us reach those goals.
PhageBank is a large and dynamically growing collection of phage that attack specific targeted bacteria
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a world-wide crisis caused by ongoing evolution of bacteria
APT PhageBank uniquely adapts in spectrum of coverage to overcome emerging bacterial resistance. Our approach addresses today’s – and tomorrow’s – toughest infections.
The Diminishing Effectiveness
of Antibiotics
The useful lifespan of new antibiotics has suffered due to the emergence of bacterial resistance. This cycle of introducing a new drug only to have bacteria evolve resistance is the pattern that APT’s ever-expanding PhageBank™ is designed to break.
This graphic shows the introduction of new classes of antibiotics, and the emergence of resistance to those drugs:
Thinking beyond the cycle of resistance:
Precise superbug therapy
Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT) is a clinical-stage company founded to provide an effective therapeutic response to the global rise of multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria.
APT’s approach arms us with the unique capability of adapting to the emergence of future antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Our PhageBank’s precision targeted, genomically screened, and highly purified phage collection is dynamically expanding in response to the emergence of new strains of bacterial superbugs.
APT recognized as a leader in biotech
“Company To Watch”
2020, Life Science Leader
“Top 1% of Startups in the World”
2020, Startup Grind Global Conference
“The Emerging Life Science Company of the Year”
2020, Maryland Technology Council
“One of five biotech companies to watch in 2020”
2020, BiotechNews
“Emerging Business of the Year Finalist”
2019, Montgomery County Chamber
“A High-momentum Game-Changing Startup of 2019”
2019, CB Insights
Success Story
In 2016 APT’s approach achieved its first in-human success with the rescue of a critically ill MDR infected patient: Tom Patterson, multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii survivor.
APT in the news
- Adaptive Phage Therapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation
Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT), announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company orphan drug designation for the treatment of prosthetic joint infections (PJI) utilizing PhageBank™. Orphan drug designation is given […] - APT named 2020 Emerging Life Science Company of the Year
The Maryland Tech Council (MTC), Maryland’s largest technology and life sciences trade association, announced the winners of its 32nd Annual Industry Awards. Due to COVID-19, the association pivoted to a virtual live broadcast to […] - APT Receives DoD Award for Development of COVID-19 Vaccine
GAITHERSBURG, Md., August 19, 2020 – Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to providing therapies to treat the global rise of bacterial and viral infectious diseases, today announced the Department of Defense (DoD) awarded APT […]