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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2020
Qbiotics Pty Ltd, Taringa, AU;
David William Thomas, Cardiff, GB;
Paul Warren Reddell, Yungaburra, AU;
Glen Mathew Boyle, Taringa, AU;
Jason Kingsley Cullen, Thornside, AU;
Victoria Anne Gordon, Yungaburra, AU;
Katja Etel Hill, Cardiff, GB;
Lydia Charlotte Powell, Neath, GB;
Manon F. Pritchard, Whitchurch, GB;
Peter G. Parsons, St. Lucia, AU;
QBIOTICS PTY LTD, Queensland, AU;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of dispersing biofilms comprising Gram-negative bacteria, the methods comprising exposing the biofilm to an epoxytiglienone compound or a salt thereof. Methods of treating infections comprising the localised administration, for example, topically or by injection, of an epoxytiglienone compound into or onto an established biofilm comprising Gram-negative bacteria to disrupt the structure of that biofilm and methods of preventing biofilms comprising Gram-negative bacteria forming or dispersing biofilms comprising Gram-negative biofilms that have formed on medical devices are also described.