Phase III secondary endpoint data announced for the COVID-19 booster vaccine candidate
Hørsholm, Denmark, 31 August 2023 – ExpreS2ion Biotech Holding AB’s affiliate ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies ApS (“ExpreS2ion") today provides an update on Bavarian Nordic’s Phase III clinical trial for ABNCoV2, a capsid virus-like particle (cVLP) based non-adjuvanted COVID-19 booster vaccine. Bavarian Nordic reports that the booster study did not successfully meet its secondary endpoint, in which the goal was to demonstrate protection against the XBB.1.5 variant. Bavarian Nordic sees no commercial opportunity for ABNCoV2 in its current version.CEO Bent Frandsen comments: “Bavarian Nordic's