Swine Influenza VaccinesImugene advances swine influenza vaccine...

Swine Influenza Vaccines
Imugene advances swine influenza vaccine project
28 April 2009, Sydney, Australia. In response to the significant recent press coverage and shareholder enquiries, Imugene releases the following information to the market regarding our Swine Influenza vaccine projects.
The Imugene laboratory has developed a suite of poultry vaccines for potential use in chickens against H5, H7 and H9 strains of avian influenza using the Fowl Adenovirus Vector. The Porcine Adenovirus Vector is equally suitable for the production of Swine Influenza vaccines for use in pigs.
Imugene’s Swine Influenza vaccine development program commenced in early 2008 and has identified both H1N1 and H3N2 vaccines as potential vaccines for development. Swine Influenza is a respiratory viral disease of pigs and outbreaks occur throughout many parts of the world. Vaccination against Swine Influenza is routine in many countries. Imugene is to produce two vaccines, one each for the H1 and H3 strains. The vaccines will take approximately a further 4-8 weeks to complete the laboratory construction phase.
The Swine Influenza vaccines may then enter the product development program if commercial parameters are satisfied and the market deemed sufficiently large. To date, Imugene has rated other pig diseases as higher commercial priorities and there are already other Swine Influenza vaccines available. Accordingly, the Imugene Swine Influenza vaccines are predominantly to expand our available range of vaccines against existing and developing pig diseases of commercial significance.