GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GenVec, Inc. (Nasdaq:GNVC) announced today that they are collaborating with the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) in Silver Spring, MD, to conduct the first clinical study of an experimental malaria vaccine based on the company’s gene delivery and cell culture manufacturing technologies for the production of recombinant adenovirus vaccine vectors. Under sponsorship from the United States Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA), and with financial support from the US Agency for International Development, the Congressionally Directed Peer Review Medical Program, and the Military Infectious Diseases Research Program, NMRC will initiate this FDA-approved study at their clinical trials center, located on the campus of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.
