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Senesco Chooses VGXI to Produce Factor 5A Plasmid

... Inc. (The Woodlands, TX) ("VGXI") to supply the plasmid portion of the Company's combination therapy ... in vivo results using its combination siRNA and plasmid against subcutaneous multiple myeloma tumors in immunodeficient mice. The Factor 5A plasmid being produced by VGXI, as Senesco's preclinical ...

Vical Advances RapidResponse(TM) DNA Vaccine Platform Under $6 Million Grant from NIH

... effective dose, head-to-head comparison against plasmid DNA vaccine, Vaxfectin(R) formulation ... includes delivery of linear DNA as well as plasmid DNA. Currently plasmid DNA vaccines, which are under development ...

Genetic Immunity to Present at 2008 BIO International Convention

... the DermaVir Patch, which includes HIV-specific plasmid DNA encoded antigens. About Genetic ... technology that includes disease-specific plasmid DNA encoded antigens. DermaPrep is the ... together make up the DermaVir Patch. The plasmid DNA within DermaVir Patch's ...

Vical Pandemic Influenza Vaccines Achieve T-Cell Responses and Cross-Clade Reactivity in Humans

... responses through Day 182. Vical's monovalent vaccine contained a plasmid (a closed loop of DNA) encoding the hemagglutinin (HA) surface protein ... responses against H5 as well. Vical's trivalent vaccine contains the H5 plasmid plus separate plasmids encoding consensus sequences of two highly ...

Vical Announces Breakthrough for Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccines With Preliminary Human Data

... faster development and production. Vical's monovalent vaccine contains a plasmid (a closed loop of DNA) encoding the hemagglutinin (HA) surface protein ... responses against H5 as well. Vical's trivalent vaccine contains the H5 plasmid plus separate plasmids encoding consensus sequences of two highly ...

Genetic Immunity Announces Data Related to the DermaVir Nanomedicine Patch in the Journal of Immunology

... is a patented nanoformulation technology that includes disease-specific plasmid DNA encoded antigens. DermaPrep is the topical administration device that ... of diseases. These two components together make up the DermaVir Patch. The plasmid DNA within DermaVir Patch's NanoComp nanoparticles is specific to HIV and ...

Genetic Immunity Presents Clinical Data on DermaVir Patch Immune Therapy at 15th Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

... time with either 0.1, 0.4 or 0.8 mg of multiple HIV antigens encoding plasmid DNA, the active substance in DermaVir Patch. The same antiretroviral ... is an antigen composition platform that combines a disease-specific plasmid DNA with the Company's formulation technology. The unique DNA for the ...

Multiple NIH Phase 2 HIV Vaccine Trials Using Vical's Technology Produce Encouraging Results

... results from a series of HIV vaccine Phase 2a clinical trials, using a plasmid DNA (pDNA) vaccine developed by the NIH Vaccine Research Center and ... vaccine trials contribute to the growing body of knowledge demonstrating plasmid DNA priming as a key factor in achieving significant immune responses ...

Vical Receives Milestone Payment from Merck & Co., Inc. Triggered by Planned Initiation of Investigational Cancer DNA Vaccine Trial

... of a $1.0 million milestone payment from Merck & Co., Inc. based on Merck's planned initiation of a Phase I clinical trial of an investigational plasmid DNA (pDNA) cancer vaccine. The candidate vaccine is based on Vical's DNA gene delivery technology and encodes human telomerase reverse transcriptase ...

Karolinska Institutet to Test Vical's Vaxfectin(R) Adjuvant With Preventive Vaccine against HIV Under Sponsorship of Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control

... The two vaccine components differ in how the genes are packaged. The DNA prime vaccine component contains only the specific gene sequences in a plasmid DNA ring, and cannot reconstitute into an infectious virus. The HIV DNA vaccine was developed by the SMI and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The ...

Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation of Phase 1b ZFP Therapeutic Data at American Diabetes Association Meeting

... blind Phase 2 clinical trial (SB-509-601) available in the fourth quarter of this year." About SB-509 SB-509 is an injectable formulation of a plasmid encoding a zinc finger DNA-binding protein transcription factor (ZFP TF(TM)) designed to upregulate the expression of the gene encoding vascular ...

Vical Receives NIH Grant for an Immunotherapeutic Herpes DNA Vaccine; Herpes Experts at University of Washington and University of Texas to Conduct Preclinical Development

... Health (NIH), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will fund the ongoing development of Vical's immunotherapeutic plasmid DNA (pDNA) vaccine against herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), a sexually transmitted virus which is the leading cause of genital herpes. The HSV-2 ...

Sangamo BioSciences Reports 2007 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results

... moderate diabetic neuropathy over a six month period after a single administration of SB-509. SB-509 is an injectable formulation of plasmid DNA that encodes a zinc finger DNA-binding protein transcription factor (ZFP TF(TM)), designed to upregulate the vascular endothelial ...

Vical Licensee Sanofi-aventis Initiates Phase 3 Trial to Reduce Amputations

... delivery technology. Assuming successful completion of the trial, called TAMARIS, sanofi-aventis expects to file for marketing approval in 2010. The plasmid DNA (pDNA) therapy encodes Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 (FGF-1), a growth factor that stimulates the growth of blood vessels, and is intended to reduce ...

Vical Begins Phase 1 Trial of DNA Vaccine Against H5N1 Pandemic Influenza

... Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL ) today announced the enrollment of the first subject in its Phase 1 trial of the company's Vaxfectin(TM)-formulated plasmid DNA (pDNA) pandemic influenza vaccine. The double-blind, placebo-controlled trial will evaluate safety, tolerability and immune responses in up to 60 ...

Inovio Biomedical's DNA Delivery Technology Significantly Enhances Potency of HIV DNA Vaccine

... technology. The paper, titled "Effect of plasmid DNA vaccine design and in vivo electroporation on ... this promise, vaccination using DNA plasmid alone without enhanced delivery has not been ... immune response by orders of magnitude over DNA plasmid alone. Plasmid-based vaccines induced higher ...

Inovio Biomedical Highlights Enhanced DNA Vaccine Potency with Electroporation DNA Delivery Technology and New Devices at Gene Therapy Meeting

... fermentation and purification technology. After a plasmid is delivered into muscle or tumor cells, ... facilitate delivery and expression of these plasmid DNA-based immunotherapeutics and have been shown ... enhance antibody and T-cell immune responses over plasmid DNA delivered by other methods, suggesting the ...

Vical Interim Clinical Results Demonstrate Safety and Tolerability of Inovio Biomedical's Electroporation DNA Delivery Technology

... for intratumoral delivery into melanoma tumors of plasmid DNA (pDNA) encoding interleukin-2 (IL-2). The ... to facilitate cellular uptake) of a plasmid DNA designed to produce IL-2 in the body. The ... fermentation and purification technology. After a plasmid is delivered into muscle or tumor cells, ...

Expression Genetics, Inc. Announces Successful Completion of Phase I Trial of Gene-Based IL-12 for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

... to clinical benefit in the patients treated with higher dosages. IL-12 plasmid was detectable in peritoneal fluid of all evaluable patients and in blood ... of only a few patients at considerably lower level, suggesting that the plasmid delivery following EGEN-001 administration was localized at the delivery ...

Inovio Biomedical's Partners to Present New Data from Two Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Trials

... bacterial fermentation and purification technology. After a plasmid is delivered into muscle or tumor cells, production of the desired ... studies to boost the immune response by orders of magnitude over DNA plasmid alone. Breast cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma, HIV and hepatitis C virus ...

Inovio: DNA delivery technology shows positive human results

... bacterial fermentation and purification technology. After a plasmid is delivered into muscle or tumor cells, production of the desired ... boost antibody and T-cell immune response by orders of magnitude over DNA plasmid alone, suggesting the potential to provide better protection from complex ...

CytoGenix to Present at 2007 International DNA Vaccines Conference in Spain

... comparable to, and in some cases more effective than responses mediated by plasmid DNA. Data will also be shown demonstrating the effectiveness of a ... challenge experiments demonstrated that synDNA(TM) is just as effective as plasmid in mediating a protective immune response when the host is attacked ...

Inovio Biomedical's DNA Delivery Technology Shows Safety and Enhances Gene Expression & Tumor Responses in Interim Melanoma Clinical Study Results

... bacterial fermentation and purification technology. After a plasmid is delivered into muscle or tumor cells, production of the desired ... boost antibody and T-cell immune response by orders of magnitude over DNA plasmid alone, suggesting the potential to provide better protection from complex ...

Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation of ZFP Therapeutic Data From Nerve Regeneration Program at American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair Meeting

... and neuroprotective properties in several models that assess nerve integrity and health. In addition, Sangamo is currently developing SB-509, a plasmid formulation of this same ZFP TF, for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy and has two ongoing Phase 2 trials in this area. Dr. Fehlings and his ...

Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation of Phase 1 ZFP Therapeutic Data at American Diabetes Association Meeting

... of clinical development with our two ongoing Phase 2 clinical trials." About the SB-509 Clinical Program SB-509 is an injectable formulation of plasmid DNA that encodes a ZFP TF, designed to upregulate the VEGF-A gene. Phase 1 Phase 1b study to assess the safety and clinical effects of a single ...
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