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Organization and Nature of Business
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Organization and Nature of Business  
Organization and Nature of Business

Note 1 – Organization and Nature of Business

NanoViricides, Inc. (the “Company”) is a clinical stage nano-biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs to combat viral infections using its unique and novel nanomedicines technology. NanoViricides possesses its own state of the art facility that supports research and development and drug discovery, drug candidate optimization, cGMP-compliant drug substance manufacturing, cGMP-compliant manufacturing and packaging of drug products for human clinical trials, and early commercialization.

The Company has several drugs in various stages of development. The Company’s lead drug candidate for the treatment of COVID, NV-CoV-2, is about to enter into Phase1a/1b human clinical trials sponsored by our licensee and collaborator in India, Karveer Meditech, Pvt. Ltd (see below). It has shown strong effectiveness and safety in pre-clinical studies. NV-CoV-2 mechanism of action is orthogonal and complementary to that of the existing therapeutics, enabling combination therapy with the existing drugs in the market.

The Company has also initiated additional drug programs to expand the repertoire of drugs based on NV-387, the active pharmaceutical ingredient contained in the COVID drug product NV-CoV-2. These programs include drug development for the treatment of MPOX virus infection (mpox and smallpox family of viruses) and for the treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection. The Company anticipates that by leveraging NV-387 developments, the regulatory process for resulting drug candidates, if any, would be substantially faster than for de novo development.

Additionally, the Company has previously developed a clinical drug candidate, NV-HHV-1 formulated as skin cream, for the treatment of Shingles. The Company plans on taking NV-HHV-1 into human clinical trials, and further develop the HerpeCide™ program after clinical trials of NV-CoV-2. In the HerpeCide program alone, the Company has drug candidates against at least five indications at different stages of development. The Company’s drug candidates against HSV-1 “cold sores” and HSV-2 “genital herpes” are in advanced pre-clinical studies and are expected to follow the shingles drug candidate into human clinical trials. In addition, the Company has drugs in development against all influenzas in its FluCide™ program, as well as drug candidates against HIV/AIDS, Dengue, Ebola/Marburg, and other viruses.

The Company’s drugs are based on several patents, patent applications, provisional patent applications, and other proprietary intellectual property held by TheraCour Pharma, Inc. (“TheraCour”), to which the Company has broad, exclusive licenses. The licenses are to entire fields and not to specific compounds. In all, the Company has exclusive, worldwide licenses for the treatment of the following human viral diseases: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1 and HSV-2), Influenza and Asian Bird Flu Virus, Dengue viruses, Ebola/Marburg viruses, Japanese Encephalitis virus, viruses causing viral Conjunctivitis (a disease of the eye) and Ocular Herpes (restated), VZV infections, and SARS-CoV-2 infections. In all cases, the discovery of ligands and polymer materials as well as formulations, the chemistry and chemical characterization, as well as process development and related work will be performed by TheraCour, a related party substantially owned by Dr. Anil Diwan, under the same compensation terms as prior agreements between the parties, with no duplication of costs allowed. Upon commercialization, NanoViricides will pay 15% of net sales to TheraCour. Milestone payments were made or are specified in certain of the license agreements, details of which have been disclosed at the time the agreements were entered into. The Company negotiates and licenses specific verticals of therapeutic applications from TheraCour if promising drug candidates are found in early research and development against a virus target. TheraCour has not denied any such licenses when requested.

The Company’s business plan is based on developing the drug candidates into regulatory approvals, and partnering and sub-licensing for commercialization of the drugs whenever possible.

The Company has licensed NV-CoV-2 and NV-CoV-2-R for further clinical drug development and commercialization in the territory of India to Karveer Meditech, Private. Limited. (“Karveer”), a company of which Dr. Anil R. Diwan is a passive investor, and Board Member without possessing operating control. Karveer has sponsored NV-CoV-2 for human clinical trials and has obtained regulatory approvals in India. Karveer has retained a local Clinical Research Organization (CRO) to conduct the clinical trials. NV-CoV-2, is about to enter into Phase1a/1b human clinical trials in India, sponsored by Karveer. We are awaiting notification of start of the clinical trial from Karveer. The drug products, NV-CoV-2 Oral Syrup, and NV-CoV-2 Oral Gummies, were manufactured at the Company’s Shelton campus, and have already been shipped to and received by Karveer. Under the agreement with Karveer, the Company will pay for the expenses of the clinical trials, and in return will benefit from having the data and reports made available for regulatory filings in other territories of the world. Upon commercialization, the Company will receive royalties from Karveer equal to 70% of sales to unaffiliated third parties.