Inovio Biomedical Corp. (INO) Awarded Grant for Hepatitis C Virus DNA Vaccine Research
Inovio Biomedical Corp. is focused on the design, development and delivery of a new generation of vaccines, called DNA vaccines, to prevent and treat cancers and infectious diseases. The company's SynCon technology enables the design of universal vaccines capable of protecting against multiple strains of pathogens such as influenza. The company announced that it and its team of brilliant researchers and collaborators from Drexel University, Cheyney University and the University of Pennsylvania have received a $2.8 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to develop a DNA vaccine to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV). The grant will fund pre-clinical…