GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC) announced publication of research on GenVec’s new vaccine vectors. These vectors circumvent neutralizing antibodies in order to generate the desired immunologic response. The paper has been published online in PloS ONE, and can be accessed at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033920. The article titled “Modification of Ad5 Hexon Hypervariable Regions Circumvents Pre-existing Ad5 Neutralizing Antibodies and Induces Protective Immune Responses” is an example of GenVec’s proprietary vaccine technology.
“This paper describes one of several new tools we are using to generate better vaccines,” noted Douglas E. Brough, Ph.D., GenVec’s Vice President of Research. “This approach alters key elements of the vector so that a good vaccine response is generated even if an individual was previously exposed to an adenovirus. This technology expands our genetic vaccine toolbox used to create superior vaccines.”
About GenVec
GenVec is a biopharmaceutical company using differentiated, proprietary technologies to create superior therapeutics and vaccines. A key component of our strategy is to develop and commercialize our product candidates through collaborations. GenVec is working with leading companies and organizations such as Novartis, Merial, and the U.S. Government to support a portfolio of product programs that address the prevention and treatment of a number of significant human and animal health concerns. GenVec’s development programs address therapeutic areas such as hearing loss and balance disorders; as well as vaccines against infectious diseases including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), dengue fever, malaria, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the area of animal health we are developing vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Additional information about GenVec is available at www.genvec.com and in the Company’s various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Statements herein relating to future financial or business performance, conditions or strategies and other financial and business matters, including expectations regarding funding, grants, collaborations, revenues, cash burn rates, the development of products and the success of the collaboration with Novartis, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. GenVec cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements or historical experience include risks and uncertainties, including the failure by GenVec to secure and maintain relationships with collaborators; risks relating to the early stage of GenVec’s product candidates under development; uncertainties relating to research and development activities; risks relating to the commercialization, if any, of GenVec’s proposed product candidates; dependence on the efforts of collaborators and third parties; dependence on intellectual property; and risks that we may lack the financial resources and access to capital to fund our operations. Further information on the factors and risks that could affect GenVec’s business, financial conditions and results of operations, are contained in GenVec’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which are available at www.sec.gov. These forward looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and GenVec assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements.
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