Vir Biotechnology

Our vision is to provide a capital efficient and flexible platform where emerging companies can transform the scientific discoveries of today into the breakthrough healthcare products of tomorrow. To accelerate scientific discovery, business, financial and operational obstacles need to be removed so that companies can do what they do best, focus on the science and bringing innovative solutions to patients.

Humabs currently has two clinical-stage partnered programs, validating the CellClone technologies and generating a significant revenue stream Humabs has a broad partnership with MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, that covers multiple pathogens. The most advanced of the projects is an antibody directed against influenza A virus. This antibody, called MEDI8852, has demonstrated activity against all known subtypes of the influenza A virus and is therefore less affected by the emergence of new strains. The program was partnered with MedImmune while still in preclinical development and has currently concluded the clinical phase 1b/2a. Data on this program have been published in the journals Science and Cell. Humabs has also partnered with Novartis for an antibody directed against an undisclosed target. This program is currently in phase 2.

TomegaVax Inc. is an immunotherapy company that applies a game-changing vaccine technology platform to areas of unmet medical need. The company is focused on the preclinical and clinical development of vaccines and immunotherapies for chronic and recurring viral infections including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV).