ExpreS2ion announces new EU-funded Horizon Europe grant award for Nipah virus vaccine development
Hørsholm, Denmark, 1 December 2023 – ExpreS[2]ion Biotech Holding AB’s affiliate ExpreS[2]ion Biotechnologies ApS (“ExpreS2ion") today announces the award of a Horizon Europe grant amounting to 8 million EUR, approximately 90 million SEK, to the VICI-Disease consortium, of which 53% is direct contribution for ExpreS2ion’s part of the project costs. The aim is to obtain clinical proof-of-concept of a Nipah virus (NiV) vaccine candidate within four years.CEO Bent Frandsen comments: “This is an important project in an area of public health concern that will benefit from our advantageous