Companies To Watch: Ridgeback Biotherapeutics
By Wayne Koberstein, Executive Editor, Life Science Leader magazine
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Pitting new and potent antivirals versus COVID, Ebola, and other coronaviruses
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Ridgeback Biotherapeutics is a private company developing antivirals for untreated and pandemic diseases, with support from partnerships and public funding. It is currently partnering with Merck in Phase 2 development of a ribonucleoside analog, coded MK-4482, an oral drug for treating COVID-19 infection by inhibiting viral replication. Another lead product, ansuvimab, is under priority review by the FDA for treating Ebola.
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