Australian drug developer Recce Pharmaceuticals has announced new data showing significant in-vivo antibacterial activity in mice treated with its lead compound RECCE 327 against Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the second most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). RECCE 327 is among a new class of synthetic antibiotics with broad-spectrum activity developed for the treatment of blood infections and sepsis derived from E. coli and S. aureus bacteria, including their drug-resistant forms.