Latest Cytomegalovirus vaccine Stories
La Jolla Institute and Cardiff University discovery aids efforts toward cytomegalovirus vaccine A virus most people probably have never heard of, but that the majority of us carry, is the No. 1 infectious cause of congenital birth defects in the U.S. today. Because of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during in utero development, 1 in 750 children are born with or develop permanent disabilities such as hearing loss or brain damage. But efforts to develop a first-ever CMV vaccine are gaining...
BLUE BELL, Pa., Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INO) announced today that testing of multiple synthetic vaccine constructs for cytomegalovirus (CMV) induced robust T cells in mice, demonstrating the potential for a SynCon® DNA vaccine to treat this virus that causes infant death and congenital abnormalities, is associated with cerebral palsy and brain tumors, and is the most common viral infection in organ transplant recipients. CMV...
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that it has signed an agreement to collaborate with Astellas Pharma Global Development in a Phase 3 clinical trial for ASP0113 (TransVax(TM)), an investigational vaccine licensed from Vical Incorporated for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in transplant patients. Under the agreement, Abbott's RealTime CMV assay, which is performed on the Abbott m2000 System and intended for...
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vical Incorporated today reported financial results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008. Revenues for the second quarter of 2008 were $2.5 million, compared with revenues of $3.1 million for the second quarter of 2007. The net loss for the second quarter of 2008 was $8.5 million, or $0.21 per share, compared with a net loss of $8.2 million, or $0.21 per share, for the second quarter of 2007. Revenues for the first six months of...
