GenVec Inc.: Encouraging Data From Malaria Study Presented

GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GenVec, Inc. announced that encouraging clinical and preclinical malaria vaccine data were presented at the Keystone Symposium -- Malaria: New Approaches to Understanding Host-Parasite Interactions taking place April 11-16, 2010 in Copper Mountain, Colorado.

This clinical trial is being conducted under sponsorship from the United States Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) and with financial support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Congressionally Directed Peer Review Medical Program, and the Military Infectious Diseases Research Program.

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CONTACT: Investors, Danielle M. DiPirro of GenVec, Inc., +1-301-944-1877,
ddipirro@genvec.com or Media, Andrew Mielach of Tiberend Strategic
Advisors, Inc., +1-212-827-0020, amielach@tiberendstrategicadvisors.com

Web site: http://www.genvec.com/

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