Watch Robert McNally Discuss GeoVax's Ebola Vaccine Program
ATLANTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / October 30, 2014 / Robert T. McNally, PhD, President & CEO of GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTCQB: GOVX), a biotechnology company developing innovative human vaccines using its novel DNA/MVA platform technology, was recently interviewed on the Fox Business Network's The Willis Report and on MONEY with Melissa Francis, discussing GeoVax's Ebola vaccine development program.
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GeoVax announced on October 2, 2014 that it is developing two Ebola vaccines, GOVX-E301 and GOVX-E302. Both are recombinant MVA (modified vaccinia Ankara) vaccines designed to produce non-infectious virus-like particles (VLPs) displaying the Ebola virus glycoprotein. GOVX-E301 is being developed as a single-dose vaccine for epidemic response against the Zaire strain of Ebola, the virus responsible for the current outbreak. GOVX-E302 is being developed for routine immunization and is designed to protect against all three versions of Ebola known to be lethal in humans.
To facilitate its Ebola vaccine development efforts, GeoVax is in discussions with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta to establish collaboration with CDC experts and access to Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) facilities for testing vaccine responses. The Company has set a goal of having its GOVX-E301 vaccine produced and ready for use in humans within eighteen months.
About GeoVax:
GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTCQB: GOVX) is a biotechnology company developing human vaccines using its novel DNA/MVA vaccine delivery platform. The Company's lead development program is focused on vaccines to prevent, and treat, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, and it recently initiated a program to develop an Ebola virus vaccine. GeoVax's unique, two component vaccine, a recombinant DNA and a recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA), is designed to stimulate both anti-HIV antibody and anti-HIV T cell immune responses. GeoVax's DNA and MVA vaccines are used in a prime/boost protocol in which priming is done with the DNA and boosting with the MVA. Both the DNA and MVA express the three major proteins of the HIV virus: Gag, Pol, and Env, and produce non-infectious virus-like-particles. GeoVax's vaccines are unique in expressing virus-like particles that display the native form of the trimeric membrane-bound HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein. Clinical trials for GeoVax's preventive HIV vaccines have been conducted by the US National Institutes of Health-supported HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) with funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID). Overall, GeoVax's vaccines, in various doses and combinations, have been tested in close to 500 humans. GeoVax is using its MVA vaccine platform to develop a vaccine to prevent acquisition of the Ebola virus. Efforts are focused against the current epidemic version of the virus. For more information, visit www.geovax.com.
Forward-Looking Statements:
Certain statements in this document are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from those included in these statements due to a variety of factors, including whether: GeoVax can develop and manufacture its vaccines with the desired characteristics in a timely manner, GeoVax's vaccines will be safe for human use, GeoVax's vaccines will effectively prevent HIV or Ebola infection in humans, vaccines will receive regulatory approvals necessary to be licensed and marketed, GeoVax raises required capital to complete vaccine development, there is development of competitive products that may be more effective or easier to use than GeoVax's products, GeoVax will be able to enter into favorable manufacturing and distribution agreements, and other factors, over which GeoVax has no control. GeoVax assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and does not intend to do so. More information about these factors is contained in GeoVax's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including those set forth at "Risk Factors" in GeoVax's Form 10-K.
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SOURCE: GeoVax Labs, Inc.