Vical's TransVax(TM) CMV Vaccine Elicits Long-Term Immune Responses in Phase 2 Trial
Press Release
Source: Vical Incorporated
On 6:30 am EDT, Wednesday October 7, 2009
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq:VICL - News) announced today that the company's TransVax(TM) cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine continued to demonstrate an overall increase in cellular immune responses compared with placebo at the seven-month immunogenicity data point in an ongoing Phase 2 trial. Alain P. Rolland, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Vical's Executive Vice President of Product Development, presented the data today at the World Vaccine Congress (Lyon, France - October 5-8).
"T-cell responses are very important in protecting recovering transplant recipients against CMV disease," said Dr. Rolland, "and we were pleased to see that the T-cell responses to both CMV antigens encoded by our vaccine, noted in our four-month interim analysis, were sustained through the seven-month data point. In addition, we saw a promising emerging trend in the antibody response against CMV after the last of four scheduled injections. We look forward to reviewing the final trial data in the first half of 2010."
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