allovir, inc., a clinical-stage cell therapy company, engages in the research and development of allogeneic, off-the-shelf multi-virus specific t cell (vst) therapies to prevent and treat devastating viral-associated diseases. the company's lead product is viralym-m, an allogeneic, off-the-shelf vst therapy, to treat bk virus, cytomegalovirus, adenovirus, epstein-barr virus, and human herpesvirus 6. its preclinical and clinical development product candidates include alvr106 for respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, parainfluenza virus, and human metapneumovirus; alvr109 to treat sars-cov-2 and covid-19; alvr107 for treating hepatitis b; and alvr108 to treat human herpesvirus-8, including kaposi's sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma, and multicentric castleman's diseases. the company was formerly known as viracyte, inc. and changed its name to allovir, inc. in may 2019. allovir, inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in cambridge, massachusetts.