Pharmaceutical and biotech company

Flyttr (formerly Oxitec)

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Flyttr is a U.S. biosecurity platform that develops, among other breakthrough technologies, malaria countermeasures.

Endemic countries

U.S. states

Products and programs

About

What they do

Flyttr is a U.S. biosecurity platform that develops, among other breakthrough technologies, malaria countermeasures.¹ These include Flyttr's first-in-class Friendly™ genetically engineered mosquitoes, which reduce populations of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes.¹ A Friendly™ Anopheles stephensi facility in Djibouti (opened November 2025) supports ongoing deployments, and a Friendly™ Anopheles albimanus program is underway in Panama.^2,3,1 Flyttr Africa, launched in Uganda in 2026, accelerates African-led biosecurity innovation.¹ Its U.S. R&D and manufacturing are based in San Antonio, Texas, with an operational hub in California's Central Valley and corporate headquarters in Radford, Virginia.¹ Its malaria work spans the development and delivery stages.¹

In the United States

San Antonio, TX¹Research and development · Manufacturing
Central Valley, CA¹Other
Radford, VA¹Headquarters

Products and programs

In the field and in development

Friendly™ Anopheles stephensi^4,1

Friendly™ Anopheles albimanus^5,1

Djibouti Friendly™ Mosquito Program^4,1

Panama Friendly™ Mosquito Program^5,1

Flyttr Africa (Uganda)¹

Biosecurity innovation and scale-up platform in Africa

Where they work

Partnerships in 3 endemic countries

Programs and deliveryResearch

Djibouti

Africa

National Malaria Control Programme (PNLP) · collaboration on the development and deployment of Friendly™ Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes^4,1
Association Mutualis · collaboration supporting the Friendly™ Mosquito Program^6,1

Panama

Latin America

INDICASAT-AIP (Institute for Scientific Research and High Technology Services) · research and program collaboration involving Friendly™ Anopheles albimanus¹

Uganda

Africa

Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) · emerging collaboration associated with Flyttr Africa; formal collaboration announcement anticipated¹

U.S. partners

Who they work with in the United States

Gates Foundation¹
Seattle, WA · Funder · funder
In the atlas
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention¹
Atlanta, GA
In the atlas
Pacific Island Health Officers' Association¹
Honolulu, HI

Sources

Flyttr (formerly Oxitec)

What they do

In the field and in development

Partnerships in 3 endemic countries

Who they work with in the United States

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