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Inovio Biomedical Corporation
Inovio Biomedical Influenza DNA Vaccines Demonstrate Potential to Protect Against Newly Emerging Flu Strains with Pandemic Potential
June 16th, 2009
Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine discovery, development and delivery, announced preclinical data from two studies of influenza DNA vaccines designed using its SynCon™ technology. The data indicated that the consensus H1N1 and H5N1 influenza vaccines achieved significant increases in immune response and provided protection against influenza virus strains not genetically matched to the vaccine, which is a requirement for conventional vaccines to be effective and a limitation to their effectiveness, i.e. they can’t protect against newly emerging strains. Dr. Niranjan Sardesai, Senior VP, Research & Development of VGX Pharmaceuticals, which merged with...
Source: Virus Weekly (2009-06-16)
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