Monica Zhou

RIGImmune, Inc. is a platform biopharmaceutical company based in Farmington, CT, with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The company is developing a novel investigational class of RNA immunotherapies called "SLRs" for the potential pan-viral treatment and prophylaxis of viral respiratory diseases and selected cancers. The lead development candidate at RIGImmune is RIG-101, which specifically modulates RIG-I, a host surveillance pathway that triggers the innate immune system to enhance an intrinsic response to RNA viruses, including influenza, RSV, rhinovirus, and SARS-CoV-2, and tumor DNA. The company was founded in 2020 by Akiko Iwasaki and Anna Marie Pyle, both prominent Yale University professors who currently serve as scientific advisors to the company.