Latest Influenza research Stories
NEWARK, Del., June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- iBio, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: IBIO) today announced that the US Patent Office has allowed patent application 11/706,576 entitled "Bacillus anthracis Antigens, Vaccine Compositions, and Related Methods." The claims cover compositions and methods for fusions of sequences of Bacillus anthracis antigens for protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF), and edema factor (EF), and combinations thereof to LicKM, which is part of the Company's...
Vaccination studies from Mercer University (Ga.) headline the groundbreaking research being unveiled at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' (AAPS) National Biotechnology Conference (NBC). The conference takes place Monday, May 21 - Wednesday, May 23 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. Other topics to be discussed include diversity and complexity of vaccine manufacturing, scale-up and tech transfer strategies, applications of multi-scale systems pharmacology, and...
BLUE BELL, Pa., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INO) announced today that its SynCon® avian influenza vaccine generated protective HAI titers against six different unmatched strains of H5N1 in a phase I clinical trial - a distinct clinical achievement on Inovio's path to develop universal influenza vaccines. By design, Inovio's SynCon® flu vaccine is not matched to any single virus. Importantly, the vaccine generated a hemagglutination...
Vaccine testing and development is an extremely lengthy and complex process that costs billions of dollars every year. In an effort to dramatically improve the speed and success of vaccine research and development, researchers have created an innovative biomimetic model of the human immune system known as the MIMIC® system. An article in the inaugural issue of Disruptive Science and Technology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., describes this artificial human...
SWIFTWATER, Pa., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced today new Phase III data for its investigational quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) in children 6 months through 8 years of age. This pediatric study evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of QIV compared to currently licensed Fluzone(® )(Influenza Virus Vaccine). Results of the study were presented today at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric...
MERIDEN, Conn., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Protein Sciences Corporation has expanded its senior management team by adding leaders in the areas of manufacturing and finance. The additions come at a time of great anticipation as the Company prepares for the launch of its first product, FluBlok®, a first-in-class recombinant vaccine for seasonal influenza. Mireli Fino joins us as VP, Manufacturing Operations. She comes from Wyeth (now Pfizer) where she spent the past 20 years in...
A panel of US science research experts that had previously barred publication of research on key details of a mutant strain of H5N1 bird flu, reversed that decision on Friday, saying two papers on the research are okay to publish after all. The announcement came after Dutch and US scientists made revisions to the research, and after an extensive review by the US National Science Advisory Board for Insecurity (NSABB). The panel opposed publication of the research in December because it...
NEWARK, Del., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --iBio, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: IBIO) announced that Konstantin Musiychuk, Ph.D., of the Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology (FhCMB), will report new data and review successful preclinical vaccine applications of iBio's proprietary lichenase fusion-protein technology at the New Cells, New Vaccines VI conference in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Musiychuk will describe the results of tests conducted with antigens from anthrax, plague and...
BLUE BELL, Pa., Mar. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INO) announced today Dr. Adel Mahmoud, a global infectious disease and vaccines expert, has been appointed to Inovio's Board of Directors. During his long tenure at Merck & Co., Dr. Mahmoud was responsible for the development and commercialization of several new important vaccines, including Gardasil®, Zostavax®, Proquad® and Rotateq®. Dr. Mahmoud is currently Professor, Department of...
NEWARK, Del., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- iBio, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: IBIO) today announced completion of the first human trial of iBioLaunch-produced H1N1 influenza vaccine (HAC1) that began September 13, 2010. This Phase 1, single-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study was conducted to assess the safety and reactogenicity and immunogenicity of HAC1 produced by iBio's research collaborator, the Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology. The trial was supported by...
