Patent 7244705 was granted and assigned to Theravance on July, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed are derivatives of glycopeptides that are substituted at the C-terminus with a substituent that comprises two or more (e.g. 2, 3, 4, or 5) carboxy (CO2H) groups; and pharmaceutical compositions containing such glycopeptide derivatives. The disclosed glycopeptide derivatives are useful as antibacterial agents.