TeraVax Biotech

An AI-native biotechnology company building next-generation human vaccines and proprietary AI training datasets — where biology, data, and artificial intelligence converge.

Strategic Vision

Solving the "Unknown³" Problem

TeraVax Biotech addresses the compound uncertainty of biology, disease, and host–drug/vaccine interactions — the root cause of high costs and failure rates in drug and vaccine development. While many companies apply AI to noisy historical data, TeraVax Biotech generates its own high-quality, structured, prospectively designed datasets focused on human immunity.

With an initial emphasis on respiratory viruses and emerging zoonotic threats, the company's integrated biology–data–AI stack ensures every experimental cycle compounds the value of its strategic data assets.

The UNC Collaboration Delivers

  • Access to human cohorts and mucosal models
  • Advanced respiratory and emerging pathogen expertise
  • Validation of antigen and biomarker hypotheses
  • High-fidelity immunological data for faster design–learn–redesign cycles
Market Signals

A Validated Market Opportunity

In January 2026, GSK and Noetik entered into significant licenses and acquisitions of AI training datasets from third-party biotech companies — including upfront fees of $50 million plus milestones — validating the commercial demand for high-quality immunological training data.

8+

Comparable Deals

Similar data licensing transactions completed over the past 3 years

$50M

Upfront Fees

Per deal in the GSK/Noetik benchmark transactions

2026

Market Inflection

Year of landmark AI training data deals signaling sector maturity

The ImmunAIsense platform is designed to generate high-quality training sets for both internal use and business development deals of this caliber.

Why Now

At the Intersection of Three Macro Trends

Clean Data for AI

Surging demand for high-quality, mechanistic immunological data to train next-generation AI disease models — a gap TeraVax Biotech is purpose-built to fill.

Flexible Vaccine Technologies

The global shift toward flexible, personalized vaccine platforms creates a premium market for modular, data-rich approaches like ImmunAIsense.

Privatization of Health Knowledge

The increasing privatization of the healthcare knowledge stack rewards companies that own proprietary data-generating engines — not just data consumers.

By owning the data-generating engine and embedding it in a strategic UNC collaboration, TeraVax Biotech ensures its competitive advantage grows with every vaccine developed and every study run on ImmunAIsense.

Commercial Model

Multi-Layered Revenue Strategy

TeraVax Biotech maximizes the value of its "biological operating system" through three complementary revenue streams — all strengthened by the UNC collaboration.

Internal Vaccine Pipeline

Developing high-value vaccine candidates for respiratory and emerging infections to reach clinical proof-of-concept, leveraging UNC expertise and clinical environments.

Pharma & Biotech Partnerships

Offering ImmunAIsense as a platform for external vaccine programs under fee-for-service, co-development, or shared-IP models — while retaining platform-level model improvements.

Data & AI Licensing

Licensing AI-driven tools and datasets for antigen design, regimen selection, and biomarker-based performance prediction as high-margin digital products.

IP & Legal Foundation

Intellectual Property Protection

Exclusive License from MBF Therapeutics

TeraVax Biotech holds an exclusive license for the T-Max and ImmunAIsense platforms in human health, anchored by US Patent 11,130,787 (issued 9/28/2021) — covering DNA and RNA compositions to treat or prevent viral diseases and cancer in humans, livestock, and companion animals.

Global Patent Coverage

  • PCT application filed June 10, 2021 — International Search Report identified allowable claims
  • Qualified for Patent Prosecution Highway to accelerate global approvals
  • 3rd-generation PCT claims filed in USA, Canada, UK, EU, and Australia
Investment Opportunity

Offering & Exit Strategy

Exit Pathways

  • Near-term: Partner with AI companies to expand disease training datasets
  • Mid-term: Partner with major pharmaceutical companies for development and commercialization of individual vaccine products after Phase I studies
  • Long-term: Acquisition of TeraVax Biotech by a major pharmaceutical company
Contact Information
Leadership

Strategic Leadership & World-Class Advisory

TeraVax Biotech has assembled an elite Board of Directors, Academic Collaborators, and Advisory bodies. This multidisciplinary team provides the precise strategic oversight, scientific excellence, and market access required to accelerate the development and successful commercialization of our vaccine platform.

Board of Directors

Our board brings decades of proven biopharmaceutical leadership, executive commercialization experience, and corporate governance to guide TeraVax from clinical stages to market launch.

  • Chris Cashman – Board Member | Retired CEO of Marinus Pharmaceuticals. Brings a track record of executive leadership and late-stage biotech commercialization strategy.
  • Dr. Aris Persidis – Board Member | CEO of Biovista. Offers deep expertise in biopharma innovation, data-driven drug positioning, and strategic corporate growth.
  • Dr. Dhiren Thakker – Board Member | CEO of Med Aditus, former Dean UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Provides critical insights into international pharmaceutical development, regulatory landscapes, and global distribution.
  • Thomas Tillett – Co-Founder & CEO, TeraVax Biotech | Former CEO of MBF Therapeutics and RheoGene; former Business Director of Biotech at Rohm & Haas. Combines deep institutional knowledge of the TeraVax platform with extensive experience in scaling biotech ventures from conception to market success.

Business & Commercialization Advisor

  • Jason Burke – Strategic Business Advisor: Deploys extensive healthcare network and corporate strategy expertise to optimize TeraVax's market positioning, partnership opportunities, and commercial go-to-market execution.

Academic Collaborators & Scientific Advisory Board

Anchored by a powerful, multi-investigator strategic alliance with the University of North Carolina (UNC), our scientific team delivers the world-class immunology, AI modeling, and clinical framework necessary to validate and de-risk our pipeline.

  • Dr. Alex Tropsha (Eshelman AI Lab) – AI Modeling & Computational Infrastructure: Spearheads the integration of machine learning to transform complex immunological data into predictive insights, drastically accelerating early-stage vaccine design.
  • Dr. Nilu Goonetilleke – Clinical Immunology & Translational Leadership: Leverages extensive Phase I infectious-disease vaccine experience to steer clinical programs, evaluate human immunogenicity, and establish GCLP compliance for swift regulatory progression.
  • Dr. Sachiko Ozawa (UNC Eshelman Innovation Center) – Vaccine Economics: A globally recognized expert whose economic models are utilized by the WHO and the Gates Foundation. Dr. Ozawa ensures TeraVax platforms are optimized for global market access, cost-effectiveness, and commercial scalability.
  • Dr. Mark Heise – Viral Pathogenesis (Chikungunya): Leads the Chikungunya proof-of-concept (POC) studies, applying deep expertise in immune evasion to validate the platform's efficacy against complex viral threats.
  • Dr. Timothy Sheahan – Respiratory Immunity (Coronavirus): Directs the Coronavirus POC pipeline, providing the critical translational insights required to develop broad-spectrum immunity against emerging global pathogens.
  • Dr. Toni Darville – Bacterial Pathogens (Chlamydia): Spearheading the Chlamydia program to definitively demonstrate the platform's commercial and therapeutic viability against complex bacterial targets.
  • Dr. Martina Kovarova – Humanized Mouse Modeling (Universal Influenza): Pioneers the search for a universal influenza vaccine using advanced humanized models to generate predictive, translatable human data prior to clinical trials.