Startup seeks partners to advance virus therapeutics
Phytoption LLC, a Purdue University-affiliated startup, is advancing the development of antiviral therapeutics in the fight against COVID-19 and other viral diseases. (Image provided)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University-affiliated startup is advancing the development of antiviral therapeutics in the fight against COVID-19 and other viral diseases.
Phytoption LLC, in the Purdue Research Park, has been working on the commercialization of Purdue initiated OHPP nanotechnology that significantly boosts drug solubility. A soluble niclosamide drug formulation has been developed using such technology.
Niclosamide, a drug used to treat tapeworms, has been found to have a broad-spectrum antiviral effect against many viruses including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 pandemic. But the drug itself has limited potential because its structure makes it difficult to dissolve and for patients to absorb, especially in c
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