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CARB-X accelerates global antibacterial innovation by supporting the development of new antibiotics and other life-saving products to combat the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. Our portfolio represents the world’s most scientifically diverse, early development pipeline of new antibiotics, preventatives, rapid diagnostics, and other products to prevent, diagnose and treat life-threatening bacterial infections.

506

$million

Invested

121

innovative

Projects

15

different

Countries

22

human clinical

TRIALS

3

available

DIAGNOSTICS

10+

advanced development

FUNDING

The Challenge

Accelerate the development of novel antibiotics and other new approaches to address drug-resistant bacterial infections.
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2024

Annual Report

Accelerating Innovation to Protect Lives from Bacterial Infections

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“Antibiotics transformed modern medicine but overuse and inappropriate use have led to dangerous bacteria developing deadly resistance. Drug discovery must go hand-in-hand with concerted action to ensure antibiotics of last resort are reserved for patients where first-line treatments will not work. And we must ensure these treatments are available in all countries for those who need them.”

— Tim Jinks, former Head of Infectious Diseases Interventions, Wellcome. Watch this video on what CARB-X is doing to address the rise of drug-resistant bacteria.

GHTC logo and Innovation award noticeProud recipient of the

2020 Innovating for Impact Partnership Award

from the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) 

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Funders

ASPR
BARDA
Wellcome
NIAID
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
UK Government
Gates Foundation
The Public Health Agency of Canada
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Ministry of Economy and Finance of Italy
Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare

Events

Events

CARB-X News

  • 12.04.2025  |  CARB-X to support ProtonDx for evaluation of a blood-based diagnostic method to identify lower-respiratory tract infections full release

  • 12.02.2025  |  CARB-X to support development of Seres Therapeutics’ live biotherapeutic to prevent infections in intensive care patients full release

  • 10.30.2025  |  CARB-X appoints Dr. Richard Alm as Interim Chief of Research and Development full release

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In The News

  • 11.20.2025  |  Unpacking the multilateral architecture for global health R&D full story

  • 11.20.2025  |  Paying for prevention: How to fix AMR’s broken incentives full story

  • 11.03.2025  |  Frontiers in infectious diseases innovation full story

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