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Table 3

Nature Biotechnology  23, 1359 - 1366 (2005)
doi:10.1038/nbt1105-1359

The business of making vaccines

Cormac Sheridan

 
Table 3 Selected biotech companies dedicated to the research, development and manufacture of prophylactic vaccines
Company (location)Vaccine focus (development phase, if any)TechnologyBusiness strategy
Acambis (Cambridge, UK and Cambridge, MA, USA)Typhoid (marketed) and smallpox (marketed), yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile, Dengue, Clostridium difficileVaccinia vaccines, live viral vectors attenuated by recombinant technology and vaccines using inactivated bacterial toxinsDevelopment and manufacture of vaccines. Partnered with Baxter Healthcare for distribution
http://www.acambis.com/
Alphavax (Research Triangle Park, NC, USA)HIV (phase 1), cytomegalovirus, influenza, SARS and three biodefense targets, Marburg virus, viral encephalitis and botulinum toxinsLive viral vectors based on alphavirus replicon expressing viral or bacterial antigensDevelopment of vaccine delivery systems. Some company funded, others grant funded, others partner funded. Partnered with Wyeth for herpes simplex virus, HPV, flu and respiratory syncytial virus
http://www.alphavax.com/home/
Bavarian NordicSmallpox, HIV, Japanese encephalitis, Dengue and measlesLive viral modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vectorsDevelopment and manufacture vaccines. Partnered with GSK for smallpox, IDM Pharma for HIV vaccines, Impfstoffwerk Dessau-Tornau GmbH for manufacturing
http://www.bavarian-nordic.com/
Berna BiotechMarketed: influenza, typhoid, hepatitis A and hepatitis B. Under development: hepatitis B (phase 3), yellow fever (phase 3), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (phase 3)Virosome-based technology (liposomes containing viral capsid components) for antigen presentation, live virus/bacteria attenuated by recombinant technology as well as a recombinant subunit vaccineDevelopment and manufacture of vaccines. Partnered with Corixa, Orphan Europe, Chiron and Solvay
http://www.bernabiotech.com/
Bioport (Lansing, MI, USA), a subsidiary of Emergent BioSolutions (Gaitherburg, MD, USA)AnthraxAluminum hydroxide–adsorbed cell-free vaccine prepared from Bacillus anthracis strain V770-NP1-RManufacture and supply US government stock-pile of only FDA-approved anthrax vaccine
http://www.bioport.com/default.asp
Cambridge Biostability (Cambridge, UK)Enterotoxic Escherichia coliTechnology for stabilizing vaccines in sugar glass and suspension in fluorocarbon liquidsVaccine formulation and delivery. Partnered with Acambis
http://www.biostability.com/
CSL (Parkville, Australia)Diphtheria with tetanus vaccine, (marketed),Q Vax (Coxiella burnetii vaccine, marketed) Tet-Tox (Tetanus vaccine, marketed) Fluvax (influenza vaccine, egg-based, trivalent, marketed) Plagues vaccine (Yersinia pestis marketed); HPV (Phase 3, licensed to Merck) HCV (Phase 2, licensed to Chiron)Iscomatrix adjuvant, Virus-like particlesLicensed vaccines to Merck & Chiron, distribution partner for Merck & Chiron
DynPort Vaccine Company (Frederick, MD, USA)Botulism, plague, tularemia and Venezuelan equine encephalitisLive-attenuated vaccines, recombinant subunit vaccines and vaccine delivery systemsSubcontracts vaccine programs to research centers and companies. Partnered with Avant and Baxter and The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
http://www.csc.com/mms/dvc/en/
ID Biomedical (Vancouver, BC)Influenza, Neisseria meningitides, pneumococcal disease and group A streptococcus infectionsCombination nasal delivery system and adjuvant made from nanospheres of bacterial proteins; recombinant subunit vaccinesDevelopment of vaccines
http://www.idbiomed.com/Acquired by GSK
Intercell (Vienna)Japanese encephalitis virus (phase 3) and hepatitis C (phase 2), streptococcal hospital-acquired infections and tuberculosisRecombinant protein vaccines and synthetic adjuvant combining an anti-microbial peptide, and an immunostimulant oligodeoxynucleotideVaccines and other immunotherapies as well as antigen/epitope identification/validation services. Partnered with Merck
http://www.intercell.com/
Iomai (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA)Transcutaneous vaccination two influenza vaccines (phases 1 and 2), traveler's diarrhea (phase 2) and anthrax (phase 1)Needle-free, transcutaneous vaccination using cholera toxin or heat-labile enterotoxin as adjuvants.Development of vaccines
http://www.iomai.com/
Nobilon (Boxmeer, The Netherlands) part of the Akzo Nobel Pharma GroupInfluenza, traveler's diarrhea, sexually transmitted diseasesBiofermentation expertiseContract manufacture of vaccines. Works with other Akzo companies: Intervet (animal vaccines), Organon (human pharmaceutical production). Partnered with BioDiem for flu vaccine
http://www.nobilonvaccines.com/
VaxGen (Brisbane, CA, USA)Anthrax, smallpox and bacterial meningitisRecombinant subunit vaccines with alum-adjuvant as well as vaccinia vaccineDevelopment and manufacture of biodefense vaccines with facilities in California and South Korea. Partnered with Celltrion Incheon (South Korea) to build production facilities
http://www.vaxgen.com/
 
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