SAN DIEGO, Dec. 13, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq:VICL) announced today that the company’s Vaxfectin® adjuvant has significantly boosted the immune response of DNA-based vaccines against a range of pathogens and cancer in preclinical models from rodents to non-human primates. Vaxfectin® has demonstrated similar effects with protein- and peptide-based vaccines in preclinical models. Vaxfectin®-formulated H5N1 influenza DNA vaccines were well-tolerated and elicited durable immune responses within the predicted protective range in initial human studies.
