PopVax is Awarded 2 Million USD as One of the Winners of the BARDA Patch Forward Prize for its Seasonal Influenza Vaccine built on a Novel mRNA-encoded Immunogen Display Architecture Delivered via Dissolvable Microarray Patch
PopVax, an Indian full-stack biotechnology company developing broadly-protective mRNA vaccines using machine learning-enabled computational protein design, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded $2 million by the United States Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) as one of the winners of the Concept Stage of BARDA’s Patch Forward Prize for its seasonal influenza vaccine built on a novel mRNA-encoded immunogen display architecture delivered via dissolvable microarray patch. PopVax is developing this vaccine in partnership with Germany’s LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG (LTS), a leading player in transdermal drug delivery.
PopVax Announces that the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will Conduct and Sponsor the U.S.-based Phase I Clinical Trial of PopVax’s Next-Generation mRNA-LNP COVID-19 Vaccine as part of the U.S. Government’s Project NextGen
PopVax, an Indian full-stack biotechnology company developing novel mRNA vaccines and therapeutics using machine learning-enabled computational protein design, is pleased to announce that it has been selected for inclusion in the U.S. Government’s Project NextGen. As part of this initiative, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), will conduct and sponsor the Phase I first-in-human trial of the company’s next-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate. This trial, which will be conducted in the United States and is expected to begin in early 2025, is intended to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine candidate in healthy human participants.
PopVax Announces 1.15 Million USD in Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Thermostable mRNA Delivery Formulation Development
PopVax, an Indian full-stack biotechnology company developing novel mRNA vaccines and therapeutics using computational protein design, is pleased to announce that its ongoing research effort to develop lipid-polymer delivery formulations for thermostable mRNA vaccines has been funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation under a 1.15 million USD project agreement signed in October 2023. This effort follows on from a prior 2021 project agreement under which PopVax was awarded 100,000 USD to support the company’s earliest exploratory work on mRNA platform development and thermostable mRNA delivery formulations. These formulations are composed of novel lipids and polymers designed by PopVax. In September 2024, PopVax initiated the first animal study to determine the efficacy of a formulation from this project.
