Tech Transfer Roundup: Hoth Teams With VCU On Therapy To Block COVID-19 Replication

Pandemic-related collaborations between Hoth/VCU; Sorrento/Mt. Sinai Health; Audax/Northeastern U.; Alkido/U. of Maryland, Baltimore; Active Motif/Hisun BioRay/Fudan U. and more.

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Hoth Therapeutics Inc. announced on 20 May that it is licensing technology and related intellectual property developed at Virginia Commonwealth University that it will use to develop a potential peptide therapy to prevent replication of the COVID-19. No financial terms were disclosed.

Research led by VCU professor Michael Peters developed a novel peptide that may inhibit binding of the virus’ spike protein...

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