BioXyTran, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and commercialization of therapeutic drugs designed to address hypoxia in humans, which is a lack of oxygen in tissues. The company is headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts. The company went IPO on 2010-01-05. The firm is focused on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of therapeutic drugs designed to address hypoxia in humans. The firm's lead drug candidate, code named BXT-25, is an oxygen-carrying small molecule consisting of bovine hemoglobin stabilized with a co-polymer with intended applications, which includes the treatment of hypoxic conditions in the brain resulting from stroke. The Company, through its subsidiary, Pharmalectin Inc., is focused on the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of therapeutic drugs designed to address viral diseases in humans. Pharmalectin Inc. has developed a method designed to reduce the viral load and modulate the immune system using a galectin inhibitor. Its lead drug candidate, named ProLectin-Rx, is a complex polysaccharide derived from pectin that binds to, and blocks the activity of galectin-1, a type of galectin.