William Carter

William A. Carter, MD, is the inventor of Ampligen, short for “AMPLIfied GENetic activity.” He was a researcher at John Hopkins University in the 1970's, where he was able to modify a potential cancer drug to reduce its toxicity, thus creating Ampligen. Dr. Carter obtained the license for Ampligen from John Hopkins University and affiliated with the small company, Hemispherx, now called Hemispherx Biopharma to manufacture it.