Icosavax

Icosavax is an American biotechnology company based in Seattle, Washington.

History

Icosavax was founded in 2017 to advance virus-like particle (VLP) technology from the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington with the goal to discover, develop, and commercialize vaccines against infectious diseases.[1]

Activities

Icosavax is developing products for SARS-CoV-2, RSV and human metapneumovirus (hMPV).

Funding

Icosavax has received COVID-19-related funding from Good Ventures on a recommendation from Open Philanthropy.[2]


  1. Corporate profile. Icosavax. Retrieved March 12, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.03.12-054948/https://ir.icosavax.com/ ↩︎

  2. Grants - COVID. Open Philanthropy. Retrieved July 25, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230725225518/https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/?q=COVID&sort=a-z&items=100&view-list=true#categories ↩︎

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Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess is a Canadian writer, researcher and investigative reporter focused on issues of human rights and civil liberties, with a particular interest in the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the founder of White Rose Intelligence.

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