Enlisting Immunotherapies in the Fight Against Infectious Diseases

Immunotherapies are changing the way physicians treat various cancers, enabling and enlisting a patient’s immune system in the fight against a deadly disease. But this approach has largely been limited to the field of oncology. Cidara Therapeutics, which is developing new anti-infectives, is using its Cloudbreak platform to develop antibody-drug conjugates that directly kill pathogens and also direct a patient’s immune cells to attack and eliminate bacterial, fungal, or viral pathogens. We spoke to Jeff Stein, CEO of Cidara Therapeutics, about the company’s platform technology, the pipeline its advancing, and why innovative approaches are needed to address infectious disease.