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Altimmune Signs Teaming Agreement with DynPort Vaccine Company on U.S. Government Funding Efforts for its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, AdCOVID™
GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has
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[{"type":"text","content":"GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into a teaming agreement with DynPort Vaccine Company (DVC), a General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) company, to coordinate U.S. Government funding efforts and, if successful, to provide program management, drug development activity integration, and regulatory support for AdCOVID, Altimmune’s single-dose intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate.\n DVC has extensive experience in vaccine development and as the prime contractor and systems integrator for the preclinical, manufacturing, clinical and regulatory activities needed to secure FDA licensure of new drug products. DVC has supported vaccines and medical countermeasures for emerging diseases and bioterror threats under contracts with the Department of Defense, the Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The partnership with DVC significantly expands Altimmune’s capabilities to efficiently obtain and execute on U.S. Government funding opportunities to support the development of AdCOVID. Altimmune and DVC believe AdCOVID is an attractive vaccine candidate to government funding agencies based on its highly differentiated product profile. Preclinical studies of AdCOVID are currently being conducted in collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and initial results from these studies are expected in the near term. The Company expects to begin manufacturing of the vaccine candidate during Q3 2020 followed by a Phase 1 clinical trial during Q4 2020. AdCOVID is an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate designed to guard the respiratory tract from viral invasion and to provide downstream protection against viral spread through stimulation of both mucosal and systemic antibodies (IgA and IgG) as well as cell-mediated immunity. By stimulating mucosal immunity in the nasal cavity, a key point of entry and replication for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, AdCOVID has the potential to defend against both the infection and spread of the virus to others. AdCOVID’s intranasal delivery method provides an easier route of administration than an injection and may eliminate the need for administration by trained medical personne...