First Human Trials for Recombinant Dengue Fever Vaccine

Phase one clinical trials to start for Dengue Fever Vaccine program

26-Aug-2009 - USA

Acuvax Limited announces that the dengue fever vaccine is set to begin Phase 1 safety trials in the USA through its affiliate company Hawaii Biotech Inc. Hawaii Biotech Inc, has initiated this phase one clinical study with their monovalent dengue vaccine candidate. The double-blind, placebo controlled, dose escalation safety study in healthy subjects is being conducted at the St. Louis University Centre for Vaccine Development in the United States. Vaccine recipients in this study will also be monitored for virus neutralizing antibodies.

Acuvax CEO and Hawaii Biotech Inc Director, Dr William Ardrey said: “We are pleased to deliver on our guidance to the market that the recombinant vaccine will be trialled in humans in the USA this quarter.”

According to the company, Hawaii Biotech’s Dengue monovalent vaccine candidate is the first recombinant subunit vaccine for dengue to enter clinical studies. Hawaii Biotech intends to test a dengue tetravalent vaccine candidate, developed using the company’s recombinant subunit vaccine technology, within a year. Hawaii Biotech’s dengue subunit vaccine candidate has been developed with financial assistance from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defence, and the Paediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (which is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation).

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