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AlphaVax granted vaccine manufacturing patent in U.S.

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, September 1st, 2006

AlphaVax, a North Carolina-based vaccine company, announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 7,078,218 entitled, "Alphavirus particles and methods for preparation."

Claims in this patent cover a broad series of innovative steps that together compose a scaleable process for manufacturing alphavirus replicon particle vaccines (alphavaccines).

The company's alphavaccine platform allows the incorporation of a wide range of antigens to produce vaccines targeting infectious disease, cancer and biodefense threats. AlphaVax has counterparts to this patent pending or issued in 10 major countries and regions throughout the world.

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