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Friday, December 24 2021 - 23:43
AsiaNet
COVID-19 Vaccine Developed by WestVac BioPharma Has High Titer Neutralizing Antibodies Against Omicron
CHENGDU, China, Dec. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

WestVac BioPharma Co., Ltd. has achieved a significant progress in the second 
generation COVID-19 vaccine against the Omicron mutant strain.

The vaccine belongs to the latest fifth generation vaccine technology, 
targeting the S-RBD protein of the COVID-19 mutant strain, the trimer subunit 
vaccine antigen is precisely designed based on the structure. The large-scale 
production of vaccines adopts internationally advanced insect cell production 
technology and coordinates with international novel vaccine adjuvants. The 
vaccine can induce the production of high titers of neutralizing antibodies 
upon immunizing animals such as mice or monkeys. The neutralizing antibodies 
against the Omicron variant strain can reach a level of ten thousands (when 
blood is diluted 10,000 times, it still has the ability to block the virus from 
infecting cells). It was previously discovered that the vaccine has a level of 
ten thousands neutralizing antibodies that completely inhibits Brazilian 
strains, South African strains, Delta strains and other mutant strains of 
Euvirus, suggesting that the vaccine is a universal COVID-19 vaccine against 
multiple mutant strains, and it is also the first COVID-19 vaccine announced 
internationally that has high titers of neutralizing antibodies against 
Omicron. Animal experiments conducted with sequential vaccination of different 
types of COVID-19 vaccines showed that two doses of mRNA/inactivated vaccine or 
one dose of adenovirus vaccine, followed by the vaccine, rapidly activated the 
immune response and produced higher protective neutralizing antibodies than the 
same type of vaccine. The vaccine has completed process research and 
large-scale preparation. The production process is stable and it has been 
certified by the National Institutes for Food and Drug Control; the 
pharmacodynamic research on the immunogenicity and protection of mice, rats, 
and monkeys, as well as pre-clinical safety evaluation has been completed; it 
is expected to enter clinical trials in early 2022.

WestVac Biopharma is a international leading vaccine and immunothreapy 
platform. It is listed as a unicorn company in 2021. WestVac has GMP production 
workshops with an annual production of 600 million doses, and obtained the 
"Drug Production License" issued by the the local medical products 
administration. The company has mature insect cell expression, mRNA vaccine, 
novel adjuvant, bacterial vaccine and tumor vaccine and immunotherapy 
platforms, and has 21 pipelines. A nasal spray recombinant COVID-19 vaccine 
against variants is also being developed. Its convenience will boost 
vaccination worldwide.

SOURCE  WestVac Biopharma Co.,Ltd.

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