Bioxytran Inc BIXT

Bioxytran, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of therapeutic drugs to address viral infections, glycovirology, and oxygen delivery, hypoxia and degenerative diseases in humans. The company's lead drug candidate is BXT-25, an oxygen-carrying small molecule consisting of bovine hemoglobin stabilized with a co-polymer for use in the treatment of hypoxic conditions in the brain resulting from stroke, and hypoxic conditions in wounds to prevent necrosis and to promote healing. It is also developing ProLectin, a polysaccharide derived from pectin that binds to, and blocks the activity of galectin-3, a type of galectin for treatment of mild to moderate cases of Covid-19. Bioxytran, Inc. has collaboration with University of Minnesota for advance novel carbohydrate-based therapeutics. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts.