Want to keep reading great content at pbn.com? 5.3K likes. PROVIDENCE – Biotechnology company EpiVax Inc. received $1.1 million in funding Wednesday from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to further research efforts in the field of informatics and immunology. ! This output enables identification of high-, moderate-, and low-risk impurities prospectively. Wil je jouw zaal laten groeien door in te zetten op sociale media? All Rights Reserved. Minimal changes are expected as part of this migration. Click Here to purchase a link that allows anyone to read it on any device whether or not they are a subscriber. The company has been pursuing development of a COVID-19 vaccine and personalized cancer vaccines. PROVIDENCE – Biotechnology company EpiVax Inc. received $1.1 million in funding Wednesday from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to further research efforts in the field of informatics and immunology. 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In 2017, EpiVax received funding from the R.I. Commerce Corp. to accelerate development of cancer vaccines using in silico methods. Cassius Community. There are 50+ professionals named "Cassius", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. R.I. exceeds all weekly COVID-19 thresholds set by RIDOH; cases rise... Citizens to shutter 40 Stop & Shop branches in R.I., Mass. The company has been pursuing development of a COVID-19 vaccine and personalized cancer vaccines. The FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs in the Center of Drug Evaluation and Research awarded the two-year $1.1 million contract to EpiVax and CUBRIC Inc., a Buffalo, N.Y.-based research company. Cassius Community, le traduzioni corrette e letterali dei tuoi esercizi di latino a portata di click!! ! New Leica Geosystems mapping tool allows for more data collection per... Wind-energy tech company Aquanis undergoes rebrand, changes name to Arctura. Cassius Community. Cassius Community, le traduzioni corrette e letterali dei tuoi esercizi di latino a portata di click!! EpiVax will continue to work with Katie Edwards, CUBRC prime technical program lead, to achieve the goals set out in the contract. Join us and celebrate 'The Best of The Best'! Fortunately, if you register now you can keep reading with limited access or for unlimited access subscribe for $1 for 4 weeks. Subscribe with Providence Business News to keep reading. Disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cassius&oldid=976948087, Disambiguation pages with short descriptions, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Cassius, an ancient Roman family name, see, "Cassius", a 2017 song by the Fleet Foxes on the album, Cassius Bright, a character in the video game, This page was last edited on 6 September 2020, at 01:28. EpiVax said it uses existing algorithms to rank the impurities produced by the What-If Machine – WhIM – for their immunogenic potential in global patient populations. Cassius Community. Want to share this story? © Providence Business News. As part of the Unified Community Platform project, this wiki and 38 others will be migrated to the new platform in the next few weeks. Stay up to date with PBN's Morning Call & Daily Edition newsletters. The new contract will provide proof of concept for the WhIM, using two case studies as validation. The funding allows the continuation of a previous two-year collaboration between the two companies in which EpiVax demonstrated the value of in silico tools and in vitro validation methods for the evaluation of generic peptide drugs and their impurities, the company said. Unfortunately, you have run out of free stories. View the profiles of professionals named "Cassius" on LinkedIn. Cassius Shuman is a staff writer and researcher at the PBN. Follow PBN for the latest news, insider access and more. Read more here. PBN subscribers get ahead with unlimited access to PBN news, information, and insights from our editorial team, research and data, webinars and much more. “The WhIM has significant potential to contribute to prospective identification of high-risk impurities, allowing for generic peptide drug products to be de-risked early in the development process,” said Dr. Annie De Groot, CEO and chief security officer of EpiVax. Get PBN's top stories every morning in your email inbox. The FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs in the Center of Drug […] To be the trusted business news and information source for the Rhode Island and Southeastern MA business community providing timely, insightful, in-depth and breaking news coverage that advances individual and company growth and success in local, state and global markets. 30 were here. That funding was used in collaboration with Rhode Island Hospital to identify toxins that are capable of directing immune responses, as part of EpiVax’s research of personalized cancer vaccine therapy. Subscribe today to enjoy unlimited access to premium content for only $1 for 4 weeks. ! Cassius Community, le traduzioni corrette e letterali dei tuoi esercizi di latino a portata di click!! EpiVax is also involved with developing a COVID-19 vaccine, working on several iterations, with partners that include the University of Georgia, Belgian vaccine developer eTheRNA Immunotherapies, and Miramar, Florida biotech outfit Generex and Maryland biotech firm Immunomic Therapeutics.