Oragenics

Oragenics, Inc. operates as a development-stage company, which engages in research and development of potential therapies to fight infectious diseases including coronaviruses and multidrug-resistant organisms. The company is headquartered in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. The company went IPO on 2003-07-09. The company is engaged in the research and development of nasal delivery pharmaceutical medications in neurology and fighting infectious diseases. The company focuses on nasal delivery of pharmaceutical medications in neurology and fighting infectious diseases, including drug candidates for treating mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI or Concussion), and for treating Niemann Pick Disease Type C (NPC), and proprietary powder formulation and an intranasal delivery device. Its lead product, ONP-002, is a fully synthetic, non-naturally occurring neurosteroid, is lipophilic, and can cross the blood-brain barrier to rapidly reduce swelling, oxidative stress and inflammation while restoring proper blood flow through gene amplification. The company is also focused on developing medical products that treat brain related illnesses and diseases (the Neurology Assets). Its other product candidate, ONP-001, is in its early stage and clinical trials.