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Merck, Iowa firm sign Ebola vaccine licensing deal
2014-11-24 20:15:55| Biotech - Topix.net
Merck & Co., one of the world's top developers and sellers of vaccines, has entered a partnership with a small drug developer to research and manufacture a potential Ebola vaccine now in initial patient testing. The exclusive deal involves a vaccine candidate called rVSV-EBOV that's under early development by BioProtection Systems, the vaccine-development subsidiary of NewLink Genetics Corp. of Ames, Iowa.
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Category:Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals