Emergex Vaccines

Emergex is a biotech company focusing on the development of medicines against viral and bacterial infectious diseases, using purely synthetic non-biological components that prime immune cells to destroy pathogen infected cells.

Emergex istackling major global infectious disease threats through the development of synthetic ‘set point’ vaccines which prime the T-cell immune response.

Emergex was founded in 2016 by Professor Thomas Rademacher and Storme Moore-Thornicroft. The company is headquartered in Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom.

Emergex is pioneering the development of synthetic ‘set point’ vaccines which prime the T-cell immune response to address some of the world’s most immediate health threats such as COVID-19, Dengue Fever, Zika, Ebola, pandemic flu and serious intra-cellular bacterial infections.

Emergex combines validated technologies together with the very latest scientific insights to develop its vaccines, including using synthetic peptide codes determined on actual infected cells and using a proprietary gold nanoparticle carrier system for programming.

 

Emergex has a growing pipeline of vaccine candidates. The most advanced development programme is a vaccine for Dengue Fever, which may also be disease modifying for other Flaviviruses such as the Zika and Yellow Fever viruses.

 

Emergex also has programmes in development for a universal Influenza vaccine and a universal Filovirus vaccine (including viruses such as Ebola and Marburg) and discovery programmes for a Yellow Fever Booster vaccine and a Chikungunya vaccine.

 

Emergex has partnered with the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) of Singapore to develop a vaccine for the emerging threat of Hand, Foot and Mouth (HFM) disease and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazil-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation ‘Fiocruz’ for the development of viral vaccines.

 

Emergex is backed by Vickers Venture Partners, Innovate UK, Trend Investment Group and others. The company raised $11M in a new round on Nov 18, 2020. This brings Emergex's total funding to $23.3M to date.

 

 

  • Year founded: 2016
  • Funding Info: $23.3M over 3 Rounds (Latest Funding Type: Venture- Series Unknown)
  • Yearly Revenue: NA
  • Employee Size: 11-50
  • Business Valuation: NA
  • City/Town: Abingdon
  • State: Oxon
  • Country: United Kingdom
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