VGXI to Provide Plasmid Manufacturing under Client’s $56M CEPI Award
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (PRWEB) April 30, 2018 -- VGXI announced today they will collaborate with one of their clients on a recent $56,000,000 award from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, or CEPI to support the development of DNA vaccines for Lassa and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The funding will advance pre-clinical and clinical development of the two DNA vaccines, with the goal of readying them for possible use in the event of an emergency.
As part of the partnership, VGXI will provide manufacturing of cGMP grade plasmid DNA for use in human clinical studies. Additionally, the award may be expanded to support manufacturing of investigational stockpiles for both vaccines in the future.
“Having supported the rapid development of DNA vaccines in response to Zika, MERS, and Ebola outbreaks in recent years, VGXI is highly experienced in this field,” said VGXI’s Chief Operating Officer Dorothy Peterson. “I am confident our team will be successful in supporting our client’s objectives as part of this collaboration.”
ABOUT VGXI, INC.
With over 15 years of experience, VGXI, Inc. is a leading provider of plasmid DNA manufacturing and development services for DNA vaccine and gene therapy research. The company has an outstanding track record of success in manufacturing plasmid products under cGMP conditions for clinical trials in the US, EU, Asia and Australia, and its cGMP and non-GMP products have passed rigorous reviews by several international regulatory agencies. VGXI’s ability to work with unique requirements and create custom manufacturing solutions is based on its patented manufacturing process, flexible cGMP production facility, and experienced development team. VGXI, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary CMO of GeneOne Life Science, Inc. To learn more about VGXI's services, visit http://www.vgxii.com.
ABOUT GENEONE LIFE SCIENCE
GeneOne Life Science Inc. (“GeneOne” KOSPI: 011000) is an international DNA vaccine developer and leading contract manufacturer of DNA plasmid-based agents for pre-clinical and clinical trials for global companies and institutions. It researches and develops DNA vaccines to prevent and treat incurable diseases in South Korea and internationally. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. VGXI, Inc., GeneOne's wholly-owned manufacturing subsidiary located in Texas, is the largest pure-play cGMP DNA plasmid manufacturing facility in the world. For more information, visit http://www.genels.com/en.
ABOUT CEPI
CEPI is an innovative partnership between public, private, philanthropic and civil organizations founded in Davos in 2017. To date, CEPI has received multi-year funding from Norway, Germany, Japan, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome. CEPI has also received single-year investments from the governments of Australia, Belgium, and Canada. It has reached $630 million of its target $1 billion funding target. The European Commission has announced a contribution in kind of €250 million that will support relevant projects through EC mechanisms. Since its launch in January 2017, CEPI has announced two Calls for Proposals. The first was for candidate vaccines against MERS-COV, Nipah and Lassa viruses. The second was for the development of platforms that can be used for rapid vaccine development against unknown pathogens.
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Christy Franco, PhD, VGXI, Inc., http://www.vgxii.com, +1 (281) 466-3790, [email protected]
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