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Inovio gains on HIV vaccine data

May 24, 2017 10:48 PM UTC

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) gained $1.55 (22%) to $8.68 on Wednesday after it said data from a Phase I study in healthy volunteers showed that HIV vaccine Pennvax-GP produced "amongst the highest overall levels" of cellular and antibody immune response rates ever reported in human trials.

Pennvax-GP is a DNA vaccine targeting HIV env A, env C, gag polyprotein and pol, with coverage of HIV clades A, B and C. Inovio is developing the vaccine in collaboration with NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the HIV Vaccines Trials Network (HVTN). NIAID funded the study...

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