PRIME’s technology for the development of novel veterinary vaccines

Boehringer Ingelheim and Biotech Startup enter a strategic collaboration

29-Nov-2021 - Germany

Prime Vector Technologies (PRIME), a Biotech Startup focusing on the development of viral vector based vaccines, and Boehringer Ingelheim, a leading global research-based pharmaceutical company, announce that they have entered a strategic collaboration, option and licence agreement. The collaboration is set to establish and test up to eight different vaccine candidates against a variety of veterinary diseases within the next three years using PRIME’s proprietary Orf virus (ORFV) platform technology. 

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ORFV platform

ORFV belongs to the family of poxviridae and possesses an excellent safety profile, stable expression of multiple transgenes simultaneously and is well suited for the possibility of multiple dose immunizations. Prior to the collaboration agreement, the platform was developed at the University of Tuebingen, and showed to be effective in various host animals against different infectious diseases. “After so many years of research and development on our platform, we are proud to receive the commitment to and trust in our technology from Boehringer Ingelheim as one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies in the animal health market. With this strong partner, we are excited to advance our technology and to enhance our contribution to improving animal health,” says Dr. Ralf Amann, CEO of PRIME. 

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