VBI Vaccines Announces Late-Breaker Poster Presentation at The Liver Meeting® 2019
October 22, 2019 | Conferences, Posters, Press Releases, Sci-B-Vac®
VBI Vaccines Inc. (NASDAQ: VBIV) ("VBI"), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation infectious disease and immuno-oncology vaccines, today announced that the company’s abstract titled, “Rapid Increase in Anti-HBsAg Titers and Higher Seroprotection Rates in Adults Immunized with Sci-B-Vac Compared to a Monovalent Hepatitis B Vaccine: Results from PROTECT – a Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled, Phase-3 Study,” has been selected for a late-breaker poster presentation at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) – The Liver Meeting®, on November 11, 2019.
Joanne Langley, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology, CIHR-GSK Chair in Pediatric Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, and Head of the Division of Infectious Disease, IWK Health Centre, and principal investigator of the PROTECT study, VBI’s Phase 3 double-blind, randomized study that enrolled 1,607 subjects, will present the poster which highlights the immunogenicity and safety data from PROTECT, detailing three key immunologic takeaways:
- The successfully-met co-primary endpoints of (i) non-inferiority of seroprotection rate in all subjects age 18+ who received Sci-B-Vac compared to Engerix-B, and (ii) superiority of seroprotection rate in subjects age 45+ who received Sci-B-Vac compared to Engerix-B;
- Rapid increase in anti-hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) titers, with higher seroprotection rates in subjects who received Sci-B-Vac compared to Engerix-B at all time points, suggesting a more rapid onset of protection; and
- 5-8x higher antibody geometric mean concentration (GMC) in subjects who received Sci-B-Vac compared to Engerix-B, regardless of age, body mass index, diabetic status, and gender.
Presentation Details
- Abstract #: LP13
- Title: Rapid Increase in Anti-HBsAg Titers and Higher Seroprotection Rates in Adults Immunized with Sci-B-Vac Compared to a Monovalent Hepatitis B Vaccine: Results from PROTECT – a Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled, Phase-3 Study
- Session: Poster Session IV, Monday, November 11, 8 AM – 5:30 PM ET
- Location: Hynes Convention Center, Hall B
- Presentation Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM ET
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About VBI Vaccines⌃
VBI Vaccines Inc. (“VBI”) is a biopharmaceutical company driven by immunology in the pursuit of powerful prevention and treatment of disease. Through its innovative approach to virus-like particles (“VLPs”), including a proprietary enveloped VLP (“eVLP”) platform technology, VBI develops vaccine candidates that mimic the natural presentation of viruses, designed to elicit the innate power of the human immune system. VBI is committed to targeting and overcoming significant infectious diseases, including hepatitis B, coronaviruses, and cytomegalovirus (CMV), as well as aggressive cancers including glioblastoma (GBM). VBI is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with research operations in Ottawa, Canada, and a research and manufacturing site in Rehovot, Israel.
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