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Tuberculosis vaccine candidate to prevent disease enters clinical testing

Phase I study in Lenexa, KS, of novel vaccine targeting TB virulence and latency

Seattle, WA | August 22, 2012

Aeras and the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) announce today the start of the first clinical trial of IDRI’s novel tuberculosis vaccine candidate, ID93 + GLA-SE. The Phase I clinical trial will assess the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the vaccine candidate in 60 healthy adult volunteers. The study will be conducted by Johnson County Clin-Trials in Lenexa, Kansas, in close collaboration with Aeras and IDRI.

Tuberculosis (TB), which kills more people than any other infectious disease except HIV, has Read More “Tuberculosis vaccine candidate to prevent disease enters clinical testing”

IDRI and Medicago Announce FDA Authorization to Initiate a Phase 1 Clinical Trial for an H5N1 Vaccine with GLA Adjuvant

The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), a Seattle-based non-profit research organization that is a leading developer of adjuvants used in vaccines combating infectious disease, and Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG; OTCQX: MDCGF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), announce that they have been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial for an H5N1 Avian Influenza VLP vaccine candidate (“H5N1 vaccine”). This is an important step toward development of an influenza vaccine that could be rapidly and widely administered Read More “IDRI and Medicago Announce FDA Authorization to Initiate a Phase 1 Clinical Trial for an H5N1 Vaccine with GLA Adjuvant”

The Best Gift You Can Give Your Employees

Telecommuting, competitive pay, stock options, extended vacation time, a gym, catered lunches and other attractive benefits will get talented recruits to come work for your company. But once they’ve arrived, how do you keep them?

Much of the time, the cause to stay is…cause.

Human resources professionals increasingly recognize that amongst the most important components of any employee retention strategy are diverse corporate volunteer programs that reflect the values of employees. Implementing an internal employee giving and corporate volunteer platform with a variety of non-profit choices allows workers to conveniently support the causes that are near and dear to their Read More “The Best Gift You Can Give Your Employees”