Meletios Therapeutics’ aim is to fulfill the urgent and large unmet medical need for broad spectrum treatments against current and emerging viral infections.

As far back as we can remember, there has always been a real concern for human communities about epidemics which have been incredibly devastating in the past. And we are nowadays seeing a speeding up of the phenomenon. We are increasingly interconnected and pushing the boundaries of our environment further and further, yielding unknown viruses to come out into the open.

There is thus a real need to anticipate the emergence of new viruses that could lead to globalized epidemics such as COVID-19.

To tackle future emerging viruses, every effort must be made to channel epidemics. Vaccines and treatments are two complementary therapeutic strategies.

Vaccines are an essential preventive tool but have the disadvantages of targeting a virus that must be already (well) known and of being uncertain about possible variants. They can be also time-consuming to implement.

An alternative is therefore needed for patients who are already ill in order to treat their symptoms and to resolve the infection from the start of the epidemic. There is a significant need for broad-spectrum therapies that have a low risk of inducing treatment resistance and can be administered throughout the course of the disease, not just in the first few days after infection.