Articles from Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

BOSTON, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of specialty therapies for specialists and community care providers, that address important medical and public health threats, today announced that the Company has completed its acquisition of Optinose, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPTN). This acquisition broadens Paratek’s commercial portfolio which now includes both its flagship antibiotic, NUZYRA® (omadacycline), and Optinose’s product XHANCE® (fluticasone propionate).

BOSTON, May 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of specialty therapies for specialists and community care providers that address important medical and public health threats, today announced that data from two clinical studies of NUZYRA® (omadacycline) will be presented at the ATS 2025 International Conference (ATS 2025), taking place in San Francisco, CA, May 16-21.

Highlights will include data from non-clinical and real-world patient use

BOSTON and YARDLEY, Pa., March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals and Optinose, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPTN) today announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Paratek will acquire Optinose, including its approved product XHANCE® (fluticasone propionate). The transaction value is up to $330 million, with consideration payable to shareholders of up to $14 per share, including the payment of contingent value rights (CVRs) tied to future commercial milestones. This acquisition expands Paratek’s commercial portfolio beyond its flagship antibiotic, NUZYRA® (omadacycline), and strengthens its position as a multi-product company focused on innovative specialty therapies for primary care providers and specialists, addressing important medical health threats.

-- Onshoring of NUZYRA is a Key Deliverable in Company’s Partnership with U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to Enhance National Security

BOSTON, Nov. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel life-saving therapies for serious diseases, today announced top-line results from its Phase 2b study of oral omadacycline in adult patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABc).

-- Highlights include data from clinical, non-clinical and microbiology programs, real-world patient use and a five-year microbiologic surveillance study of NUZYRA

- No Emergence of Resistance was Observed- Additional Years of Surveillance are Under Way

BOSTON, July 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on providing innovative medical therapies that create positive patient stories in the hospital, community and public health settings, today released positive top-line results from a global, Phase 3 post-marketing commitment study comparing its once-daily oral and IV, broad-spectrum antibiotic NUZYRA® (omadacycline) to moxifloxacin in the treatment of patients with moderate to severe community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP).

BOSTON, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on providing innovative medical therapies that create positive patient stories in the hospital, community and public health settings, today announced that three new pre-clinical studies with NUZYRA® (omadacycline) will be presented at European Society of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Global (ESCMID Global, formerly ECCMID).

Oral NUZYRA Tablets Procured by BARDA were Manufactured in the United States as Part of the Company’s Onshoring Initiative

BOSTON, Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for life-threatening diseases and other public health threats, today announced two key executive team promotions. Paratek promoted Jonathan Light to General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer and Christopher Bostrom to Chief Financial Officer.

BOSTON, Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for life-threatening diseases and other public health threats, today announced that China’s National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) has added the oral formulation of NUZYRA® (omadacycline) to the country’s National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) for treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) and acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). Earlier this year, NHSA added the intravenous (IV) formulation of NUZYRA to the NRDL for the treatment of CABP and ABSSSI.

BOSTON, Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Paratek") (Nasdaq: PRTK), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for life-threatening diseases and other public health threats, today announced that leading independent proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) has recommended that stockholders vote FOR the Company's previously announced definitive agreement to be acquired by Gurnet Point Capital ("Gurnet Point") and Novo Holdings A/S ("Novo Holdings").