We develop therapeutics for viral diseases of unmet medical need.

About Us

We are a bio-pharmaceutical company involved in the development of peptide based anti-viral therapeutics. Our lead programme is focused on influenza.

The drugs we are working on use a novel mechanism which we are also applying in the development of therapeutics for other pathogens such as HIV, RSV, HSV and CMV etc.

Mechanism of Action

Our compounds inhibit influenza virus replication primarily by binding with the matrix protein. This novel mechanism of action efficiently prevents the development of drug resistant strains. Inhibitory capabilities have also been observed in related pathogens with matrix proteins that share a structural or evolutionary similarity to that of the influenza virus.

The compounds' cell-penetrating capabilities could also potentially be exploited for drug delivery approaches. The compounds possess favourable physico-chemical and ADME characteristics such as great solubility, chemical stability, cell permeability, good metabolic stability, plasma stability, etc.

Pipeline

COMPOUND TARGET DISCOVERY PRE-CLINICAL CLINICAL
VMTX-001 Influenza
VMTX-002 CMV
VMTX-002 RSV
VMTX-004 HSV-2
VMTX-005 HIV

The Team

 
Robert Hercus
Founder and Director

Robert has over 45 years of experience in industries as diverse as finance, infrastructure and transportation. In 2001 he established Neuramatix Sdn Bhd as an R&D organization that has since expanded this across AI, advanced robotics and the life sciences. Viramatix is an initiative under the latter which already includes a publicly traded healthcare services company offering pathology and genetic screening services via medical practitioners in SE Asia.

 
Adlan Hercus
Chief Strategy Officer

Adlan's career began in the capital markets 20 years ago. As part of the Neuramatix group he engages directly with stakeholders on all fund raising, financial management and reporting activities. As part of this he retains strategic oversight of all legal and IP activities. Adlan was responsible for structuring the group's healthcare services business for IPO, and subsequent M&A activities as part of a long-term strategic plan. He has an MBA from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom.

 
Dr. Rajik Ibrahim
Chief Scientific Officer

Dr Rajik is an experienced drug discovery and early stage drug development scientist with extensive experience in peptide based drug discovery projects. He has an MSc in Bio-chemical Technology from Madurai Kamaraj University, India and a PhD in Molecular biology & Genetic engineering from UPM, Malaysia. After completing his doctoral studies in 2009, he joined Singapore General Hospital to work on the AON based therapeutics development for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a progressive neuro-degenerative disease. In 2010, he joined Neuramatix's life science group to set up a drug discovery and development unit to explore anti-virals. This effort lead to the formation of Viramatix where he continues to oversee the entire drug discovery program.

 
Dr. Timothy Schulz-Utermoehl
Principal Consultant

Dr Schulz-Utermoehl has over 17 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry, spanning early and late-stage discovery research and preclinical development. He has held senior roles at Shire, AstraZeneca and Merck. Prior to co-founding Polleo Pharma, Dr Schulz-Utermoehl was a Director within the Exploratory Projects Department for Shire Speciality Pharmaceuticals in the UK. Dr Schulz-Utermoehl carried out post-doctoral research at Novo Nordisk A/S, holds a PhD in Biochemistry from Imperial College London, an MSc in Toxicology from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London and a BSc in Pharmacology/Physiology from the University of Leeds.

Partnering

Viramatix is looking for strategic investment and partnering opportunities to advance and expand its pipelines.
 
 Funds to complete pre-clinical development and file an IND with the FDA to enter clinical development for our influenza therapeutic.
 
 An opportunity to out-license our compounds for other therapeutic areas.
 
 R&D collaborations that allow us to directly or indirectly fund our development costs.
 
 Strategic collaborations that offset development costs in return for equity may be considered where the long-term objectives of the parties are aligned.
 
For further enquiries, please contact

Adlan Hercus
Chief Strategy Officer
adlan@viramatix.com

Contact Us

UK Office
Viramatix Ltd
71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom

Core Lab
Viramatix Sdn Bhd
Jalan Bangi
43000 Kajang
Selangor
Malaysia

enquiries@viramatix.com
Tel: +60-03-22831820
Fax: +60-03-22828102

Contact Us

  UK Office
Viramatix Ltd
71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom

Core Lab
Viramatix Sdn Bhd
Jalan Bangi
43000 Kajang
Selangor
Malaysia
enquiries@viramatix.com
Tel: +60-03-22831820
Fax: +60-03-22828102