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27 Apr 2011

Inovio, Transgene and ChronTech Collaborate for HCV Vaccine

Each partner will contribute its products and equally share costs related to the study.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals has inked a deal with Transgene and ChronTech Pharma to jointly evaluate a therapeutic vaccination strategy against genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a phase I trial.

 

The clinical study, which will start later this year, is set to use ChronTech's ChronVac-C plasmid DNA vaccine delivered in vivo electroporation using Inovio's Medpulser DNA Delivery System (DDS) as the initial vaccination, followed by Transgene's therapeutic vaccine TG4040, a modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA).

 

Inovio's MedPulser DDS device delivers electrical pulses, enhancing cell membrane permeability, cellular uptake of the DNA vaccine and gene expression.

 

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