Small biotech — big am­bi­tions. Vi­r­a­lyt­ics’ on­colyt­ics ther­a­py makes the show­case round at #AACR17 with pos­i­tive com­bo snap­shot

PHO­TO: © AACR/Todd Buchanan 2017

WASH­ING­TON, DC — When you talk to Vi­r­a­lyt­ics CEO Mal­colm Mc­Coll, he has a habit of re­mind­ing his lis­ten­ers about just how small his pub­lic Aus­tralian biotech is. Small staff, small stud­ies. And there are just so many things a small biotech can do.

But he and his com­pa­ny {ASX: VLA} have some very big am­bi­tions in the hot on­colyt­ics field, build­ing their hopes around a ther­a­py called Cox­sack­ievirus A21 (or CVA21 or Ca­vatak). And to­day the pow­ers that be at AACR are steer­ing their lat­est da­ta in­to the show­case morn­ing round.

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