Viriom Inc. (San Diego, CA), has won a grant award in the city of Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, to establish its affiliate in Mainland China. Viriom opened a representative office in Beijing in 2017 and is establishing an affiliate in Hong Kong as part of its five-year plan of drug development and technology transfer to attend to markets, including Greater China, Thailand and Indonesia, where over 5 million people live with an HIV infection.

Viriom Inc (San Diego, CA) signed a licensing agreement with P.T. Lloyd Pharma Indonesia as a part of its global strategy to help combat HIV drug resistance problem in developing markets by using innovative, safe and efficacious treatment and prevention options with Elpida® as well as other drugs from Viriom HIV and HBV portfolio.

SAN DIEGO, June 3, 2019 -- Iain Dukes, CEO of Viriom Inc (San Diego, CA), presented Viriom's strategy on high growth developing markets, which includes obtaining a market authorization in China, at the 11th ChinaBio Annual International Partnering Conference in Shanghai.

Viriom Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Iain Dukes, M.A., D.Phil., as its new CEO. Dr. Dukes brings to Viriom over 20 years of extensive experience in drug discovery, pharmaceutical research and business development, as well as in leadership and consulting for numerous biotech and venture capital organizations.

Viriom China has been named the only foreign finalist of the 2018 Zhongguancun International Frontier Science and Technology Innovation Competition. The Zhongguancun government offered Viriom China advantageous terms for research and manufacturing activities. It also supports Viriom’s regulatory and financing activities in China.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Viriom, Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced today that it plans to report results from its Phase 1b clinical trial of once weekly dosing of oral elsulfavirine (Elida®, VM1500), a potent long acting nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) in HIV-uninfected volunteers in March 2019. This trial is designed to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of elsulfavirine dosed once weekly for up to 8 weeks in up to 36 HIV-uninfected volunteers at a single clinical site in Moscow, Russia.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Viriom, Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced today that it has initiated the first Phase 1 clinical trial of the long acting nanoformulation of VM1500A in HIV-uninfected volunteers. This trial is designed to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of VM1500A once monthly dosing in up to 36 HIV-uninfected volunteers in a single site clinical trial in Moscow, Russia.

Ivan Solovyev presented Viriom’s plan on launching best in class HIV drugs in China – Elpida® –­ an effective, safe and well tolerated NNRTI with superior antiviral efficacy, resistance profile, pharmacokinetic properties, and VM1500A – a Long Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).

Viriom's Elsulfavirine (Elpida™)-based regimens for treatment of HIV-1 infection will be available to all patients and physicians in both regionally and federally funded programs in Russia.

Viriom Inc. (Viriom) will present its innovative medicines for treatment and prophylaxis of HIV and announce the plan for accessing Chinese market at the international China BioMed Innovation and Investment Conference (CBIIC). The CBIIC will be held in Suzhou on September 18-20.

SAN DIEGO, April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Viriom Inc. today announced that its study report "Elsulfavirine/VM1500A Long-Acting Parenteral and Oral Formulations for Treatment and Prevention of HIV-1 Infections" will be presented by Dr. Vadim Bichko, Viriom's Chief Scientific Officer, at the International Conference on HIV/AIDS, STDs & STIs on April 24th, 2018 in Valencia, Spain. The study evaluates new options for treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS that would allow for infrequent dosing, thus facilitating patients' compliance and likely improving long-term treatment outcomes.