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About Soligenix

About us

Soligenix, Inc. is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need.

We have two areas of focus:

1) a specialized biotherapeutics segment dedicated to the development of products for orphan diseases and areas of unmet medical need such as cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, psoriasis, oral mucositis, Behçet’s disease, and pediatric Crohn’s disease.

2) a public health solutions segment to develop vaccines and therapeutics for military and civilian applications in the areas of ricin exposure and viral disease including Ebola, Marburg and COVID-19.


Soligenix cares deeply and works tirelessly to improve the lives of patients worldwide. Our leadership and our Board of Directors have decades of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, which includes unique expertise in developing orphan/rare disease therapies.

We are committed to transforming research into reality.

Specialized BioTherapeutics

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Soligenix has specialized knowledge in the development of orphan and unmet medical need indications including preclinical, manufacturing, regulatory and clinical expertise. Soligenix is developing HyBryte™ as a first-in-class photo-dynamic therapy utilizing safe visible light for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, SGX942, a novel innate defense regulator technology for the treatment of oral mucositis and SGX203, a proprietary formulations of oral beclomethasone 17, 21-dipropionate (BDP) for the prevention/treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders characterized by severe inflammation including pediatric Crohn’s disease.

Public Health Solutions

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Our Public Health Solutions business segment includes active development programs for RiVax®, our ricin toxin vaccine candidate, SGX943, our therapeutic candidate for antibiotic-resistant and emerging infectious disease, and programs targeting both filoviruses (such as Marburg and Ebola) and coronaviruses. The development of our vaccine programs incorporates the use of our proprietary heat stabilization platform technology, known as ThermoVax®. To date, this business segment has been supported with government grant and contract funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).

Presentation links can be found here: http://ir.soligenix.com/company-presentations

Core Competency

Soligenix has specialized expertise in the development of orphan and unmet medical need indications – including the regulatory nuances (Orphan Drug designation, Fast Track designation, use of adaptive trial designs, etc.) and clinical execution (specialized recruitment approaches, direct site interactions, etc.). Soligenix directly conducts all of its Phase 2 and 3 clinical studies, being in personal contact with the sites and principal investigators, ensuring the highest data quality while streamlining timelines and budgets. 

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