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Berna and Iomai announce collaboration for patch delivery of vaccines.(Brief Article)

Vaccine Weekly

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2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Berna Biotech, Ltd., (BBIN) and Iomai Corp., a private biopharmaceutical company, announced a collaboration for the development of vaccines for administration using a skin patch.

The collaboration will pool Berna's expertise in the development of vaccines and novel adjuvants with Iomai's expertise in skin delivery using its proprietary patch technology. Needle-free delivery has become a global priority because of the risk of needle-borne diseases associated with reuse and improper disposal of needles. Delivery of vaccines across the skin using a patch not only addresses this issue, but may elicit a stronger immune response through delivery to the skin, an area rich in immune cells. Furthermore, it would have the advantages of simplifying delivery and avoiding the use of needle, and may, therefore, ...

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