Before the new coronavirus, the world fought the yearly battle with flu. Joseph Hernandez aimed to find an answer with his Norwood startup Blue Water Vaccines and $7 million raised through the local seed capital fund CincyTech.
Then the pandemic came along, and, “We’ve been working out of our basements,” Hernandez said. “We’ve moved the needle to the extent that we can.”
Hernandez, a serial biotech entrepreneur in Connecticut educated at the University of Florida, has partnered with Oxford University to develop a universal flu vaccine. Blue Water Vaccines landed in Cincinnati when Hernandez intrigued CincyTech investors with the idea.