VIDEO: Vaccine For Zika Virus May Be Coming Sooner Than You Think
By Space Coast Daily // July 10, 2016
vaccine called ZPIV, looks promising
ABOVE VIDEO: Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, have developed a vaccine for the Zika virus (Department of Defense Video)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, have developed a vaccine for the Zika virus.
They received a strain of the virus from Puerto Rico in November 2015, and have since created a purified inactivated virus, like the flu shot.
The vaccine is called ZPIV, and so far, it looks promising that military medical research will be a key contributor to preventing the continued spread of the Zika virus.
On Thursday, Paris-based Sanofi and its vaccines global business unit Sanofi Pasteur announced a cooperative research-and-development agreement with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) on the co-development of a Zika vaccine candidate.
According to the terms of the agreement, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research will transfer its Zika purified inactivated virus (ZPIV) vaccine technology to Sanofi Pasteur.
The agreement also includes Sanofi Pasteur’s production of clinical material to support phase 2 testing, optimization of the upstream process to improve production yields, and characterization of the vaccine product.
Sanofi Pasteur will also create a clinical development and regulatory strategy.
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