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Positive Efficacy & Safety Data in Peanut Vaccine
Positive Efficacy & Safety Data in Peanut Vaccine.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6674V Allergy Therapeutics PLC 01 February 2017 \n\n \n \nAllergy Therapeutics plc\n(\"Allergy Therapeutics\" or the \"Company\")\n \nPositive Efficacy and Safety Data Shown in Peanut Allergy Vaccine\n \n1 February 2017 Allergy Therapeutics (AIM:AGY), the fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company specialising in allergy vaccines, today announces positive results from preclinical research into its unique therapeutic peanut allergy vaccine, Polyvac® Peanut. Having delivered these positive preclinical Proof of Concept results, Allergy Therapeutics will now progress the vaccine in accordance with its stated strategic plan when funding the programme and will proceed to Phase I development following completion of a first in man safety data trial.\n \nThe findings demonstrate that a single dose of the Company's virus-like-particles (VLP) adjuvant combined with recombinant peanut allergen successfully protected against anaphylaxis when challenged with peanut. Additionally, when examining symptom scores in the investigational model, those vaccinated with the candidate vaccine exhibited no symptoms compared to placebo. Furthermore, the safety profile of the product was evaluated via an intravenous challenge and found that the vaccine itself did not induce anaphylaxis in peanut sensitised subjects (a hypoallergenic vaccine).\n \nAllergy Therapeutics' innovative peanut vaccine is focussed on a subcutaneous application of recombinant peanut allergen coupled with its state-of-the-art VLP adjuvant to increase the safety and efficacy profile. This approach aims to induce protective immunity, enabling shorter therapy duration and an enhanced safety profile and thus has significant implications for peanut allergy therapy with the potential to redefine the market for food allergy products. Alternative peanut vaccines in development often require repeated and long-lasting exposure transdermally or orally which may limit patient adherence.\n \nFood allergy represents a significant and strategically important area for the Company, with peanut allergy treatments alone being an $8 billion p.a. addressable market globally. Allergy Therapeutics has the exclusive rights to develop VLP technology, a carrier system to present allergens to the immune system, for ...