Company Profile

VLP Therapeutics LLC
Profile last edited on: 2/23/22      CAGE: 735F9      UEI: M298V1FG5C14

Business Identifier: Next generation vaccine technology to treat diseases currently lacking effective treatment
Year Founded
2013
First Award
2017
Latest Award
2017
Program Status
Inactive
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Location Information

19 Firstfield Road Suite 100b
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
   (240) 801-4456
   N/A
   www.vlptherapeutics.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 06
County: Montgomery

Public Profile

Established by seasoned biopharmaceutical veterans, VLP Therapeutics, LLC (VLP) is structured around development of an innovative medical treatment designed to transform traditional vaccine and targeted antibody therapies to address global unmet medical needs. Management's expressed objective is to combat the 21st century global public health problems through application of next generation i-αVLP Technology. VLP is currently developing preventative and therapeutic vaccines as well as next generation of targeted antibody agents to treat cancer, infectious diseases, auto-immune diseases and neurological diseases. rThe effort is to ceate next-generation virus-like particles that transform traditional vaccine therapies. VLP Therapeutics modifies viruses to create novel cancer and infectious disease vaccine candidates, and the Company's virus-like particle vaccines have proven to be highly immunogenic in multiple animal models. VLP Therapeutics anticipates initiating a human trial of its Malaria vaccine in early 2019.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
5-9
Revenue Range
.5M-1M
VC funded?
Yes
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
25-49

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2017 1 NIH $298,729
Project Title: Development of a novel Virus-Like Particle vaccine-based cancer immunotherapy targeting PD-L1.

Key People / Management

  Sachiko Kuno -- Co-Founder, President & CEO

  Wataru Akahata -- Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer

  Jacob Licht -- COO

  George Moonsammy -- Director, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs

  Misako Nakata -- Co-Founder, IP Counsel

  Jonathan F Smith -- Chief Scientific Officer

  Kei Tolliver -- Co-Founder and General Counsel

  Ryuji Ueno -- Co-Founder, Cheif Medical officer