"This new preclinical data further validates the ability of Inovio's vaccines to induce powerful antigen-specific immune responses," said Dr. J. Joseph Kim, Inovio's president and CEO, in a release. "In the past year, we have demonstrated best-in-class clinical immunogenicity data from our DNA vaccines for cervical cancer and HIV in Phase I studies. Collectively, these clinical and preclinical studies further substantiate our product development efforts in these important disease areas."
The company plans to conduct two Phase I trials for the clade C vaccine using human patients in the U.S. and Africa, thanks in part to a $25 million NIAID contract.