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GlaxoSmithKline starts human clinical trial of HIV vaccine.(Brief Article)

Vaccine Weekly

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2002 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (GSK Biologicals) has started the first trial in humans of its recombinant, adjuvanted candidate HIV vaccine - NefTat and gp 120 formulated with the proprietary adjuvant AS02. The main objectives are to see if the candidate vaccine is safe and whether the human immune system responds to it.

The first human clinical trial of GSK Biologicals' candidate HIV vaccine will be conducted in collaboration with the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) in the United States, following the encouraging results from rhesus monkey efficacy studies and other clinical studies on novel adjuvants. The HVTN is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a component of the National Institutes of Health.

"The HVTN welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on this trial with GSK, which brings acknowledged global expertise in vaccine development to the field of HIV vaccine research," said Dr. Larry Corey, principal investigator for HVTN. "The testing of multiple vaccine candidates is critical to speeding progress toward an HIV vaccine and controlling the global pandemic, and we are pleased to offer our clinical trial network to vaccine inventors."

This Phase I safety and immunogenicity trial will start at up to 11 ...

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