Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ: VXRT), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing oral recombinant vaccines that are administered by tablet rather than by injection, today announced that new preclinical data on its intranasal Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) study will be highlighted in an oral presentation at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), taking place from April 21-24, 2018 in Madrid, Spain.
Details of the presentation are as follows:
| Presentation Title: | An oral vaccine approach against Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) | ||||
| Date Time: | Monday, April 23, 2018 at 4:48 PM CEST | ||||
| Authors: | Roberto Mateo, et al. | ||||
| Session: | New Kids on the Block Future Vaccines in Development | ||||
Additionally, Sean Tucker, Ph.D., founder and chief scientific officer of Vaxart, will be presenting clinical data from multiple Phase 1 and Phase 2 studies of its norovirus and influenza oral tablet vaccines at the upcoming 2018 Annual Conference on Vaccinology Research (ACVR) sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), taking place from April 23-25, 2018 in Bethesda, MD.
Details of the presentation are as follows:
| Presentation Title: | Mucosal Immune Responses Following Oral Tablet Delivery in Humans of Vaccines to Prevent Influenza or Norovirus Infection | |||
| Date Time: | Monday, April 23, 2018 at 12:30 PM ET | |||
| Authors: | Sean Tucker, et al. | |||
| Session: | New Developments in Influenza Vaccines | |||
"We look forward to sharing the data from these vaccine programs with the international scientific community this month at ECCMID and the NFID Annual Conference on Vaccinology Research," said Wouter Latour, president and chief executive officer of Vaxart. "Our oral tablet vaccines have the potential to significantly impact global public health, and this data further validates our oral vaccine platform for two important indications."
All recent publications are available on the Vaxart website under Newsroom at www.vaxart.com.
About Vaxart
Vaxart is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing oral recombinant protein vaccines based on its proprietary oral vaccine platform. Vaxart's vaccines are designed to generate broad and durable immune responses that protect against a wide range of infectious diseases and may be useful for the treatment of chronic viral infections and cancer. Vaxart's vaccines are administered using a convenient room temperature-stable tablet, rather than by injection. Vaxart believes that tablet vaccines are easier to distribute and administer than injectable vaccines, and have the potential to significantly increase vaccination rates. Vaxart's development programs include oral tablet vaccines that are designed to protect against norovirus, seasonal influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), as well as a therapeutic vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV). Vaxart is also developing several small-molecule antiviral drug candidates, including teslexivir (BTA074), an antiviral treatment for condyloma caused by HPV types 6 and 11. For more information, please visit www.vaxart.com.
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