A preview of the emerging health care companies profiled in the current issue of Start-Up. This month's profile group, Biotechs Battle Bacteria, features profiles of AureoGen Biosciences, Biovertis, Inimex Pharmaceuticals and Prolysis. Plus these Start-Ups across Health Care: Afmedica, Intercept Pharmaceuticals and MAP Pharmaceuticals.

The rise in bacterial resistance has prompted a plethora of creative approaches to developing antibiotics. These range from finding completely novel targets to harnessing the body's own immune system to fight bacteria. And although biotechs have had the anti-bacterials space to themselves for the last few years, as more programs reach proof of concept, some Big Pharma may be showing signs of renewed interest.