Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATIONS
PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Steven C. Gilman, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q of ContraFect Corporation for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of ContraFect Corporation.
| Date: May 10, 2018 | /s/ Steven C. Gilman, Ph.D. | |||||
| Steven C. Gilman, Ph.D. | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||
I, Michael Messinger, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q of ContraFect Corporation for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of ContraFect Corporation.
| Date: May 10, 2018 | /s/ Michael Messinger | |||||
| Michael Messinger | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, Finance | ||||||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||
The foregoing certification is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of section 18 of the Exchange Act and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of ContraFect Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.