Anti-Ebola MVA Vaccine Produced on ProBioGens Avian AGE1.CR Cell Line Platform in Clinical Trials
Complex biologics development and manufacturing specialist ProBioGen has announced that an investigational vaccine against Ebola virus disease, produced on its proprietary, continuous muscovy duck AGE1.CR.pIX cell line, has proceeded into clinical trials at the Jenner Institute, Oxford University, UK. The vaccine candidate, a modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) Ebola Zaire vaccine (MVA EBOZ) was produced by Emergent BioSolutions at a 200-L scale to supply the Phase I clinical trial.
Professor Adrian Hill, Director from Oxford’s Jenner Institute commented: “Production of the first ever batch of MVA for a clinical trial using a cell line is a milestone in the development of this important vaccine technology. This new process, which will allow very large-scale production, will be of value not only for Ebola prevention, but also for a wide range of other disease indications including malaria and tuberculosis vaccination.”
Dr Volker Sandig, ProBioGen’s Chief Scientific Officer, added: “Our AGE1.CR manufacturing platform offers shorter response times, full industrial bioreactor scalability and therefore much greater flexibility, compared to traditional vaccine production processes depending on embryonated chicken eggs. It is very satisfying to see that our broadly applicable vaccine production platform is instrumental to efficiently supply urgently needed human vaccines available to patients world-wide.”
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