iBio, Inc. Establishes Commercial License and Product Development Collaboration Agreement with Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos for New Vaccines

NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iBio, Inc. (NYSE AMEX:IBIO) today announced the grant of a commercial, royalty-bearing license to Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos of Brazil to develop, manufacture and sell certain vaccines based upon iBio’s proprietary technology. Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos will invest more than $6 million to bring the first product – a new yellow fever vaccine – through Phase I clinical trials. Product development will be performed through a commercial collaboration among iBio, Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos, and iBio’s research and development collaborator, the Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology (FCMB).
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