CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VBI Vaccines (Nasdaq:VBIV) ("VBI") announced that it will be presenting at the 2015 BIO International Convention on Wednesday, June 17th at 11:30 AM ET. Adam Buckley, VBI's Vice President of Business Development, will discuss VBI's eVLP and Thermostable LPV™ technologies, as well as opportunities for partnership.
The 2015 BIO International Convention will be held in Philadelphia, PA, and will host thousands of organizations, including leading life sciences companies, top CROs and CMOs, more than 300 academic institutions, and major research labs and government agencies. To learn more visit: http://bit.ly/bio-2015
About VBI Vaccines Inc.
VBI Vaccines Inc. ("VBI") is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel technologies that seek to expand vaccine protection in large underserved markets. VBI's eVLP vaccine platform allows for the design of enveloped ("e") virus-like particle ("VLP") vaccines that closely mimic the target virus. VBI's lead eVLP asset is a prophylactic Cytomegalovirus ("CMV") vaccine; VBI has initiated work for GMP manufacturing of its CMV candidate for use in formal preclinical and Phase I trials. VBI's second platform is a thermostable technology that enables the development of vaccines and biologics that can withstand storage or shipment at constantly fluctuating temperatures. VBI has completed proof of concept thermostability studies on a number of vaccine and biologic targets. VBI is headquartered in Cambridge, MA with research facilities in Ottawa, Canada.
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