Private company
Melinta Therapeutics
American pharmaceutical company
Melinta Therapeutics is an American biopharmaceutical firm that focuses on the design and development of novel broad-spectrum antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospital settings. The company is located in Parsippany, New Jersey.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrypharmaceutical industry1
- HeadquartersNew Haven1
- Websitewww.rib-x.com
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Melinta Therapeutics is an American biopharmaceutical firm that focuses on the design and development of novel broad-spectrum antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospital settings. The company is located in Parsippany, New Jersey.2
Corporate structure
Melinta Therapeutics is part of a group headed by CorMedix Inc.. 7 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- CorMedix Inc. Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, United States
- Melinta Therapeutics New Haven
- CEM-102 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Cempra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Melinta Subsidiary Corp. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Rempex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Targanta Therapeutics Corporation Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Products and brands
- broad-spectrum antibiotic
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 2000Founded Founded1
Calendar
Drug trials and FDA: recently
- Nov 20, 2025Phase 2 trial completed Phase 2 trial of Orbactiv and Kimyrsa in Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infection: primary completion Nov 20, 2025, no results posted yet (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05599295).3
Upcoming dates from Nasdaq's calendar; past results from the company's 8-K filings (Item 2.02). Trials from ClinicalTrials.gov, as the sponsor registered them (expected dates are the sponsor's own and often move); approvals and advisory committee meetings from the FDA. The FDA does not publish its decision (PDUFA) dates. The full markets calendar
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- Federal contracts $115.7M
Figures by year
| Year | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $21.3M | $21.3M |
| 2024 | $5.7M | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $20.5M | $20.5M |
| 2016 | $33.5M | $33.5M |
| 2015 | $424.1K | $424.1K |
| 2014 | $16.6M | $16.6M |
| 2013 | $17.7M | $17.7M |
Federal awards
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2013–2025, for 2 registered units, including subsidiaries under the same parent. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
Largest contracts
- May 24, 2013$52.5M from Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response: Cempra - solithromycin (cem-101) for civilian use and broad bioterror threat medical countermeasures.5 To CEMPRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Award HHSO100201300009C
- Jul 6, 2023$47.5M from Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response: Advance the development of two antibiotics for use in the pediatric population for the treatment of serious bacterial infections where multi6 To MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, LLC Award 75A50123C00022
Links
- Websitewww.rib-x.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/melintatx1
- WikipediaMelinta Therapeutics
- WikidataQ7322194
Sources
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- 1WikidataMelinta Therapeutics on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMelinta Therapeutics on Wikipedia
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