Primary Recipient

DREXEL UNIVERSITY

Amount

$536,958.00

Award Date

6/01/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The echinocandins (ECs) are a new antifungal group that includes caspofungin, micafungin, and anidulafungin. ECs represent a profoundly important development in antifungal chemotherapy because they are generally fungicidal, non-toxic, and remain active v