Our Story
Tackling twin scourges of humanity
Humanity is continuously challenged by global disease burden from AMR and cancers. Available therapies are unable to address many of these issues. We are a group of highly experienced scientists with a single focus agenda to provide novel solutions to these health threats.
New antibacterial and Next-generation cancer therapeutics are urgently needed.
Our Therapy Areas
Next-generation Oncology therapeutics
Stepping up Cancer therapeutics to the next level
Our research programs focus on discovering differentiated and affordable small molecule therapeutics for treating recalcitrant tumors.
Antibacterial Agents
Discovery of novel antibacterial agents:
Innovative solutions to combat AMR
Our solutions are products of sophisticated technologies with the potential to cover a broad range of priority pathogens in the syndromes of high unmet need, addressing many serious hospital and community infections and combating a broad spectrum of biothreat pathogens.
Project Portfolio
A key gap in the recently approved drugs, as well as those in late-stage pipeline, is the lack of oral options that cover Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive microbial infections. An intravenous and oral drug product will address the treatment of Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive infections implied in HABP/VABP, CABP, uUTI, cUTI, and other enteric infections.
Modulating the immune system through a small molecule approach offers several unique advantages that are complementary to, and potentially synergistic with, biologic modalities and are poised to significantly extend the scope of immuno-oncology applications and enhance the opportunities for combination with tumour-targeted agents and biologic immunotherapies.
Pipeline
Our pipeline consists of targeted small molecules for the treatment of multidrug-resistant microbial infections and hypoxic, immunosuppressed, refractory solid tumors.
About Us
Bugworks was set up in 2014 and incubated in C-CAMP, Bangalore. The core scientific team comes with a combined experience of over 200 years in Drug Discovery. Bugworks engages with multiple, globally reputed partners to propel its breakthrough broad-spectrum assets.
News & Announcements
Bugworks won the best emerging innovator of India in the deep science space at the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2025
February 28, 2025 Published in Forbes India
Bugworks is listed as one of the six companies to watch out for in an article by Willow Shah-Neville for Labiotech titled “Six biotech companies leading the way in India”.
December 30, 2024 Published in Labiotech
Bugworks featured in a story published by BBC titled “India’s ‘blockbuster’ drugs to take on deadly superbugs”
December 5, 2024 Published in BBC.com
Anand Anandkumar, co-founder and CEO, has the unique honour of representing biotech innovators at the world governments meet at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. He will participate in an all-important discussion on formulating a new global declaration on the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
September 26, 2024 Published in UNGA 79
