Initial Results Positive For Valneva/Pfizer's Lyme Disease Vaccine In First Phase II Study

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Speciality vaccine biotech Valneva outlines seroconversion rates and safety of candidate Lyme disease vaccine that it is co-developing with partner Pfizer.    

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The candidate Lyme disease vaccine, VLA15, in clinical development by the European biotech, Valneva SE, has just reported positive initial results in the first of two Phase II studies and, with further results expected in coming months from the Phase II program, Valneva says it is “working with Pfizer Inc. to advance the development of VLA15 expeditiously.”

Valneva and Pfizer entered into an agreement at the end of April this year to develop VLA15, in which Valneva...

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