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2002 FEB 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genencor International, Inc., and Epimmune, Inc., have identified an EpiGene clinical product candidate for the lead program in their collaboration, a therapeutic hepatitis B vaccine. Epimmune received an undisclosed milestone payment from Genencor as a result of the selection of the product candidate.
In July 2001 Genencor exclusively licensed Epimmune's epitope and PADRE technologies and related intellectual property rights on a worldwide basis for vaccines to treat or prevent hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV) and human papilloma virus (HPV), and the two companies entered into a 30-month collaboration focused on development of therapeutic vaccines for the three viral indications. At that same time, Genencor took an initial 10% equity stake in Epimmune. In December 2001, Genencor invested again in Epimmune's private equity ...