Compare · BIIB vs VIR
BIIB vs VIR
Side-by-side comparison of Biogen Inc. (BIIB) and Vir Biotechnology Inc. (VIR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both BIIB and VIR operate in Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances) (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
- BIIB is the larger of the two at $28.84B, about 19.8x VIR ($1.46B).
- Over the past year, BIIB is up 43.8% and VIR is up 56.7% - VIR leads by 12.9 points.
- VIR has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 9 for BIIB).
- BIIB has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 19 for VIR).
- Company
- Biogen Inc.
- Vir Biotechnology Inc.
- Price
- $192.93-1.22%
- $8.52-1.56%
- Market cap
- $28.84B
- $1.46B
- 1M return
- +0.83%
- -8.14%
- 1Y return
- +43.79%
- +56.67%
- Industry
- Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
- Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 2019
- News (4w)
- 9
- 10
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 19
Biogen Inc.
Biogen Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers therapies for treating neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. The company offers TECFIDERA, VUMERITY, AVONEX, PLEGRIDY, TYSABRI, and FAMPYRA for multiple sclerosis (MS); SPINRAZA for spinal muscular atrophy; and FUMADERM to treat plaque psoriasis. It also provides BENEPALI, an etanercept biosimilar referencing ENBREL; IMRALDI, an adalimumab biosimilar referencing HUMIRA; and FLIXABI, an infliximab biosimilar referencing REMICADE. In addition, the company offers RITUXAN for treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), rheumatoid arthritis, two forms of ANCA-associated vasculitis, and pemphigus vulgaris; RITUXAN HYCELA for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and CLL; GAZYVA to treat CLL and follicular lymphoma; and OCREVUS for treating relapsing MS and primary progressive MS; and other anti-CD20 therapies. Further, it develops BIIB061, BIIB091, and BIIB107 for MS and neuroimmunology; Aducanumab, BAN2401, BIIB092, BIIB076, and BIIB080 to treat Alzheimer's disease and dementia; BIIB067, BIIB078, BIIB105, BIIB100, and BIIB110 to treat neuromuscular disorders; BIIB124, BIIB094, BIIB118, BIIB101, and BIIB122 for treating Parkinson's disease and movement disorders; BIIB111 and BIIB112 to treat ophthalmology related diseases; BIIB125 and BIIB104 for treating neuropsychiatry; Dapirolizumab pegol and BIIB059 to treat immunology related diseases; BIIB093 and TMS-007 to treat acute neurology; BIIB074 and BIIB095 for neuropathic pain; and SB11 and SB15 biosimilars, which are under various stages of development. The company has collaboration and license agreements with Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.; Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Genentech, Inc.; Neurimmune SubOne AG; Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ginkgo Bioworks; Capsigen Inc.; and Mirimus, Inc. Biogen Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Vir Biotechnology Inc.
Vir Biotechnology, Inc., a clinical-stage immunology company, develops therapeutic products to treat and prevent serious infectious diseases. It develops VIR-2218 and VIR-3434 for the treatment of hepatitis B virus; VIR-2482 for the prevention of influenza A virus; VIR-1111 for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus; and VIR-2020 for the prevention of tuberculosis. The company has grant agreements with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and National Institutes of Health; an option and license agreement with Brii Biosciences Limited and Brii Biosciences Offshore Limited; a collaboration and license agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; a collaboration, license, and option agreement with Visterra, Inc.; license agreements with The Rockefeller University and MedImmune, Inc.; collaboration with WuXi Biologics and Glaxo Wellcome UK Ltd.; and a collaborative research agreement with Generation Bio., as well as GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA., and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. It also has a manufacturing agreement with Samsung Biologics Co.,Ltd. for the manufacture of SARS-COV-2 antibodies for potential COVID-19 treatment; and clinical collaboration with Gilead Sciences, Inc. for chronic hepatitis B virus. Vir Biotechnology, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Latest BIIB
- Biogen upgraded by Needham with a new price target
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by Biogen Inc.
- Biogen's Salanersen Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- EULAR 2026: Dapirolizumab Pegol Shows Potential to Reduce Flare Rates and Maintain Disease Control in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Biogen Announces Upcoming Kidney Presentations at European Renal Association and American Transplant Congresses
- UCB and Biogen Announce Publication in The Lancet of Positive Dapirolizumab Pegol (DZP) Phase 3 Study Results in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Stoke Therapeutics to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences in June
- Biogen and Denali Therapeutics Provide Update on Phase 2b LUMA Study of BIIB122 (DNL151) in Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease
- BIIB SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION: SueWallSt Investigates Biogen Inc. for Possible Securities Law Violations
- Evercore ISI resumed coverage on Biogen
Latest VIR
- Director Napolitano Janet sold $30,240 worth of shares (3,200 units at $9.45) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 13% to 21,216 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP, Chief Accounting Officer Sabatini Brent sold $3,582 worth of Common Stock (379 units at $9.45) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.61% to 61,902 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Sigal Charles Elliott was granted 8,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 25% to 39,806 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Napolitano Janet was granted 8,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 49% to 24,416 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director More Robert J was granted 8,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 20% to 48,656 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Hatfield Jeffrey S. was granted 8,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 25% to 39,806 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Farid Ramy was granted 8,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 33% to 32,000 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Bischofberger Norbert W was granted 8,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 60% to 21,333 units (SEC Form 4)
- Vir Biotechnology Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- Vir Biotechnology to Present Complete Week 96 Data from Phase 2 SOLSTICE Clinical Trial in Hepatitis Delta at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress 2026