The research collaboration “New Targeting Vaccines for Sustainable Aquaculture” has received a grant of NOK 10 Million through the Norwegian Research Council’s program Biotek2021. Vaccibody is a partner in the project together with The Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Pharmaq AS, Kjeller Innovasjon and Kongla AS. The purpose of the project is to develop customized targeted fish vaccines based on the Vaccibody principle. The NOK 10 million will be awarded over 3 years.
Tom Pike, Chairman and Acting CEO of Vaccibody, commented: “We are very pleased to be a part of this collaboration and for the funding it will receive from the Norwegian Research Council .The fish farming industry are facing a number of challenges related to infections and the Vaccibody technology is well suited to attack these challenges in a sustainable manner, without the global issues associated with antibiotics. We are also proud to work with a consortium of well qualified partners. The project fits well with Vaccibody’s strategy to develop its technology platform together with partners while focusing the main share of its internal resources on the development of VB10.16, a therapeutic DNA vaccine to treat precancerous lesions of the cervix currently entering Phase I/IIa.”
About Vaccibody AS
Vaccibody is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel immunotherapies, prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines which target cancer and infectious diseases, for human and veterinary use. Vaccibody’s lead drug candidate VB10.16 is a therapeutic DNA vaccine against HPV16 induced pre-malignancies and malignancies. The company is currently entering it’s first-in-man study that will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of VB10.16 in women with high grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (HSIL; CIN 2/3).
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Chairman & Acting CEO
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