Biotech advances ambitious vaccines plans

18 February 2019

UK-based Emergex Vaccines has secured a research and development (R&D) facility and hired a chief scientific officer (CSO).

The company’s stated aim is to pioneer a new approach to vaccine development in order to address some of the world’s most immediate health threats including flaviviruses, such as dengue fever and zika, as well as filoviruses, including Ebola and Marburg viruses, and seasonal and pandemic influenza.

"As well as being designed to provide long-lasting immunity and to be easily administered, Emergex’s vaccines can be rapidly-produced for testing and then cost-effectively manufactured"

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