VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY INC (VIR)

Company Profile

Vir Biotechnology, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage immunology company that focuses on combining immunologic insights with cutting-edge technologies to treat and prevent serious infectious diseases. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California and currently employs 587 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2019-10-11. The firm's clinical development pipeline consists of product candidates targeting hepatitis delta virus (HDV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The company also has several preclinical candidates in its pipeline including those targeting influenza A and B, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus (RSV and MPV), and human papillomavirus (HPV). The firm's pipeline includes VIR-1949, VIR-7229, VIR-2981, VIR-8190, and HIV Cure. The company also engaged in developing tobevibart, a monoclonal antibody also known as VIR-3434, and Elebsiran, an siRNA also known as VIR-2218, for the treatment and suppression of chronic HDV. Its Elebsiran is an investigational HBV-targeted siRNA that reduces HBsAg, a protein which is required for the HDV viral life cycle.

Company Info

VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY INC

1800 Owens Street, Suite 900

San Francisco CALIFORNIA 94158

P: 14159064324

CEO: George Scangos

Employees: 587

Website: https://www.vir.bio/