Progress
Scroll down for a summary of our progress so far.
2025 Highlights
Mar - Presented at BioTech NZ Life Science Summit in Wellington, NZ
Feb - ASX Startup Zone place winners
2024 Highlights
Dec - Presented poster at CBDS&T Conference in Florida, USA
Nov - Merck Emerging Biotech Grants ‘Special Mention’ winners
Oct - Closed NZ$14M Series A capital raise
Aug - Honoured in Fierce Biotech's 2024 'Fierce 15' - the best and brightest of biotech
May - Small scale in vivo study confirms safety and efficacy in living organisms
Feb - Announced positive test results against Dengue (all four serotypes) and HSV-2
2023 Highlights
Dec - Awarded NZ$1.3M DTRA funded contract for custom antiviral development
Aug - Freedom to Operate search complete, multiple patent investigations begun
Jul - Awarded Arohia Seed Grant from Callaghan Innovation
Jun - Announced 100% positive test results against Dengue (serotypes 1 and 2) and Zika viruses
Apr - Export Control and ITAR Approved by US State Department
2022 Highlights
Nov - Established our MPI-approved PC-2 (BSL-2) laboratory
Oct - Received NZ$220K donation
Jul - Awarded $150K R&D Grant from Callaghan Innovation
Mar - Discovered significant protein fabrication process improvements
Feb - Completed protein stability studies
Jan - Confirmed dsRNA binding (MOA)
2021 Highlights
Jul - Established our Nelson Office
Jun - Accepted into US National Institute of Health (NIH) Antiviral Testing Programme
May - First successful antiviral test results recorded against Dengue
Apr - Awarded Startup Grant from Callaghan Innovation
Mar - Closed Seed funding round with NZ$4.2M raised
Kimer Med was founded in August 2020