Company Story
1995 - SIGA Technologies, Inc. was founded by Dr. Eric A. Rose, a physician-scientist.
1997 - SIGA acquired a license to develop and commercialize a smallpox vaccine from the University of Texas.
2000 - SIGA began developing a smallpox vaccine, now known as Tecovirimat.
2001 - SIGA received a $13.9 million contract from the US government to develop Tecovirimat.
2006 - SIGA completed Phase I clinical trials for Tecovirimat.
2010 - SIGA received a $433 million contract from the US government to deliver 1.7 million courses of Tecovirimat.
2018 - SIGA launched a Phase III clinical trial for intravenous Tecovirimat.
2020 - SIGA delivered 1.7 million courses of Tecovirimat to the US Strategic National Stockpile.