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Market Cap:$1.7M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$250.4K
- Public
- US
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Advanced Viral Research Corp. was incorporated in Delaware in July 1985 to engage in the production and marketing, promotion and sale of a pharmaceutical drug known by the trademark Reticulose®. This drug was the forerunner of our current drug, ?AVR118.? AVR118 is biopolymer that possesses immunomodulatory activity. It is a peptide-nucleic acid complex, and we believe it may be employed in the treatment of diseases and conditions such as: ? Cachexia, or body wasting, in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and cancer; ? Various conditions associated with cancer; ? Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, including AIDS as a combination therapy; ? Human papilloma virus, or HPV; and ? Rheumatoid arthritis.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
Stephen M EllistonNumber of Employees 14
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NAICS Code Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing: 325412
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Advanced Viral Research Corp. initiates its Phase II clinical trial and Genetech extends its technology licensing with Abgenix.
M2 PRESSWIRE-14 March 2005-US Financial Network: Advanced Viral Research Corp. initiates its Phase II clinical trial and Genetech extends its technology licensing with AbgenixC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14032005 City of Industry, CA - Biotechnology industry news provided by Financial News...
Advanced Viral Research Corp. Reconstitutes Board of Directors
Business & Medical Editors YONKERS, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 4, 2001 Appointment of New Board Demonstrates Confidence in Immunomodulator Technology, Provides Expertise to Guide Company's Growth In a move that is anticipated to take the Company to a new level, Advanced Viral Research Corp. (OTCBB:ADVR) today announced the...
Advanced Viral Research Corp. Appoints Chief Financial Officer to its Management Team
YONKERS, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 12, 1999-- Advanced Viral Research Corp. (OTCBB:ADVR) Tuesday announced that Alan V. Gallantar has joined the company as the new chief financial officer. Gallantar succeeds William Bregman who has functioned as the chief financial officer of the company. Alan V. Gallantar, 41 years old,...
Advanced Viral Research Corp. Announces Private Placement with Focus Investors LLC
YONKERS, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 5, 1999-- Advanced Viral Research Corp. (OTC BB:ADVR) Thursday announced a private placement with Focus Investors LLC, an investment fund managed by WEC Asset Management, LLC based in New York City. The funding will help finance the company's pursuit of regulatory approvals for its new...
Advanced Viral Research Corp. Announces Private Placement
YONKERS, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 14, 1997--Advanced Viral Research Corp. (NASDAQ BB:ADVR) of Yonkers, Tuesday announced a private placement of a 7% ten year convertible debenture to a European financial institution. The debenture is convertible into common stock at 70% of the average closing prices for the five consecutive...
Advanced Viral Research Corp. enters into exclusive distribution agreement in People's Republic of China
HALLANDALE, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 4, 1996--Advanced Viral Research Corp. (OTC:ADVR) enters into exclusive distribution agreement to distribute the anti-viral drug RETICULOSE in the People's Republic of China with Beijing Unistone Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.The company was informed that Unistone is a joint venture between Stone Group, Peking University, and Medy Co. ...
Advanced Viral Research Corp. announces Monday a research grant to the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York
MIAMI--BUSINESS WIRE--June 12, 1995--Advanced Viral Research Corp. ADVR (OTC:ADVR) Monday announced that Dr. Shalom Hirschman, Professor of Medicine of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and Director of Mt. Sinai's Division of Infectious Diseases, has accepted a research grant from ADVR for the purpose of investigating the possible anti-viral...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Stephen M Elliston | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director |
| Martin Bookman | Acting Chief Financial Officer, Secretary |
| Vincent P Gullo | Chief Scientific Officer |
| Dallas E Hughes | Vice President, Research |
| Maribel De Diego | Director, Product Development |
| Charles Moore | |
| Yuriy Dunayevskiy | Research Fellow |
| Nancy Van Sant | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Eli Wilner | Chairman |
| Angelo S Botter | Board of Directors |
| Roy Walzer | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director | Current |
| Eli Wilner & Company | CEO | Current |
| Eli Wilner & Company | Founder | Current |
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Burroughs Wellcome Co. - USA | Former | |
| Schering-Plough Corporation | Former |
Martin Bookman has been Acting CFO since April 2004. Mr. Bookman was our assistant controller from March 2001 to April 2004. From August 2000 to March 2001 Mr. Bookman was a senior consultant for Prodigy Communications, Inc. From August 1997 to August 2000 Mr. Bookman was manager of policies and procedures and assistant controller for Murray Feiss Import Corp.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Acting Chief Financial Officer, Secretary | Current |
| Murray Feiss Import Corp | Manager | Former |
| Murray Feiss Import Corp | Assistant Controller | Former |
| Prodigy Communications | Senior Consultant | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Chief Scientific Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Vice President, Research | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Director, Product Development | Current |
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Senior Research Scientist | Former |
Executive Director of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (1999-). From 1994-1999, Director of Athletics at Cornell University and before that, President and CEO of multi-national manufacturing companies, including Ransburg Corporation, Clevepak Corp., Allied Thermal (subsidiary of Interpace Corporation), Lapp Insulator (division of Interpace Corporation) and Lenape Forge (division of Gulf+Western Industries). Also Managing Director of Peers & Co. (investment banking), CEO of Peers Management Resources, Inc. (management consulting) and Vice Chairman of Advisory Capital Partners, Inc. (investment advising). Moore currently serves as a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Governor of the National Art Museum of Sport, Regent of Mercersburg Academy, Director of The Sports Authority (sporting goods retailer), Commissioner of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Board member of the Smithsonian Institution. From 1992-2000, he served as Public Sector Director of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Chairman of that organization's Audit Committee, after which he served as Chairman of the USOC's 2012 Bid City Evaluation Task Force. From 1990-1999, he served as a director of Turner Corporation (construction management); and from 1996-1999, as President of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletics of America (IC4A). Moore won a gold medal in the 400m. hurdles in the 1952 Summer Olympics, finished second in Sullivan Award balloting for top U.S. amateur athlete in 1952, was selected as one of "100 Golden Olympians" in 1996 and in 1984, was the recipient of the Herbert Adams Memorial Award for Advancement of American Sculpture. He is a 1947 graduate of Mercersburg Academy and a 1951 BME graduate of Cornell University. He is married to Judith M. Moore, a photography researcher and Director of the Music Library of the Washington National Cathedral. They have nine children.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Philanthropy | Executive Director | Current |
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Current | |
| Regent, Inc. | Current | |
| Smithsonian Institution | Board Member | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Research Fellow | Current |
Eli Wilner, age 50, joined the Board of Directors in December 2001, was elected Chairman of the Board in May 2002. Mr. Wilner brings strong entrepreneurial and business management experience to the Company. He is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Eli Wilner & Company, a New York City-based art gallery and one of the world's largest resource for antique American and European frames. Mr. Wilner currently holds a greater than 1% ownership interest in the following technology and biopharmaceutical companies: Biofem, Chronix, ION, Pararllel Communications. He was a member of the Board of Touchpoint Software Company from 1999-2001, and during his tenure approximately 50% of Touchpoint was acquired by WebMD. A published authority in the art world, Mr. Wilner has brought his expertise to the White House and as a member of various art societies around the nation.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Wilner & Company | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Eli Wilner & Company | Founder | Current |
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Chairman | Current |
| Galleryplayer, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Member | Current |
| Eli Wilner & Company | Owner | Former |
| Hunter College of the City University of New York | Former | |
| Brandeis University | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Director | Current |
| Waldman & Company | Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Partners | President | Current |
| Litchfield Partners | Founder | Current |
| Advanced Viral Research Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
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