Vaxart to Present Preclinical and Clinical Data From Its COVID-19 Oral Tablet Vaccine Program at ICMI 2022
07/14/2022 - 08:00 AM
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (Nasdaq: VXRT) today announced that Dr. Sean Tucker, SVP and Chief Scientific Officer, and Dr. Rebecca Flitter, Senior Scientist, each will present data from the company’s COVID-19 oral tablet vaccine development program at the International Congress of Mucosal Immunology 2022, which is being held in Seattle July 16 to 20, 2022.
Presentation Information:
Title: Oral Tablet Vaccination to SARS-CoV-2 Induces Pan-coronavirus Nasal IgA Responses in HumansSpeaker: Dr. Sean TuckerDate: Monday, July 18, 2022Time: 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET
Title: Mucosal rAd5 Immunization against SARS-CoV-2 Spike Elicits Cross-Reactive Nasal and Serum Neutralizing Antibodies and Protects Against Beta Variant Challenge in Non-Human Primates Speaker: Dr. Rebecca FlitterDate: Monday, July 18, 2022 Time: 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET
About Vaxart Vaxart is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a range of oral recombinant vaccines based on its proprietary delivery platform. Vaxart vaccines are designed to be administered using tablets that can be stored and shipped without refrigeration and eliminate the risk of needle-stick injury. Vaxart believes that its proprietary tablet vaccine delivery platform is suitable to deliver recombinant vaccines, positioning the company to develop oral versions of currently marketed vaccines and to design recombinant vaccines for new indications. Vaxart’s development programs currently include tablet vaccines designed to protect against coronavirus, norovirus, seasonal influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), as well as a therapeutic vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), Vaxart’s first immune-oncology indication. Vaxart has filed broad domestic and international patent applications covering its proprietary technology and creations for oral vaccination using adenovirus and TLR3 agonists.
Contacts
Vaxart Media Relations: Investor Relations: Mark Herr Andrew Blazier Vaxart, Inc. FINN Partners mherr@vaxart.com IR@Vaxart.com (203) 517-8957 (646) 871-8486
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About VXRT
since its founding in 2004, vaxart has pursued a vision of advancing vaccines—to make them as tablets rather than injections. the company’s proprietary oral vaccine delivery platform is suitable to deliver any recombinant vaccine, positioning vaxart to introduce oral forms of multiple vaccines in the rapidly growing global vaccines market.