Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 May 2018
FDA grants PaxVax fast track designation for its Chikungunya vaccine
4 May 2018 - There are no licensed vaccines for chikungunya prevention and no specific treatments.
PaxVax announced today that it has received fast track designation from the U.S. FDA for its vaccine for the prevention of disease caused by the chikungunya virus.
The vaccine was licensed from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at National Institutes of Health (NIH). PaxVax recently announced the enrollment of the first patient in its Phase 2b dose-finding trial of the chikungunya virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine, building upon a Phase 2a study by the NIH with 400 subjects. The Phase 2b study is in the process of enrolling 400 subjects to evaluate multiple dosing regimens. PaxVax expects the results in early 2019.
