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GelVac phase I clinical trial initiated

Published in Biotech Business Week, April 11th, 2005

Carrington Laboratories, Inc., (CARN) announced that its DelSite Biotechnologies, Inc., subsidiary has initiated a phase I clinical trial of the GelVac nasal powder vaccine delivery system.

The double-blind, randomized, three-way crossover study is intended to evaluate the nasal deposition of the GelVac powder as well as to assess the safety and determine the nasal retention characteristics of the GelVac system.

The GelVac system incorporates Carrington's proprietary functional pharmaceutical excipient, GelSite polymer. In animal models, it has been shown to confer two critical properties that could improve nasal immune response: mucoadhesiveness and...

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