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2003 NOV 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corporation (IMNR) and Hybridon, Inc., (HYBN) have entered into a license agreement for the use of Amplivax as an adjuvant in the development of a novel vaccine candidate for the prevention and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The new vaccine candidate, which has already demonstrated activity in laboratory experiments, combines the whole-killed vaccine technology employed in Remune, an immune-based HIV therapeutic vaccine being evaluated in phase II clinical trials by The Immune Response Corporation, plus Amplivax, Hybridon's second-generation immunomodulatory oligonucleotide (IMO) adjuvant designed to enhance the immune response to a vaccine antigen.
The Immune Response Corporation separately will continue its clinical development of Remune as a potential treatment for patients already infected with the HIV virus.
"As The Immune Response Corporation presses forward with the clinical development of Remune, we intend to expand our efforts in the HIV area by beginning development of the new vaccine candidate for broader prophylactic and therapeutic applications," said John Bonfiglio, PhD, chief executive officer of The Immune Response Corporation.
"In preclinical data generated to date, the use of Remune plus Amplivax has elicited a significantly enhanced ...