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Therapeutic Discovery Project Grants Reported by Inviragen, GlobeImmune, and Microphage

Many companies have reported awards from the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program this week and several Colorado companies are included.

Inviragen (Fort Collins) received two grants totaling $488,958 for ongoing programs to develop vaccines against dengue and chikungunya viruses.
GlobeImmune (Louisville) has been awarded three grants totaling $733,438 for three development programs: GI-5005 the company’s lead product [...]

Inviragen and Pharmajet Receive $15.5M NIH Contract for Needle-free Dengue Vaccine

Inviragen and Pharmajet announced that they received a five-year $15.5M contract from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the NIH, to advance development of a needle free dengue vaccine. The development will focus on combining Inviragen’s DENVax with Pharmajet’s needle-free delivery system. The funding is earmarked for pre-clinical testing, regulatory [...]

Inviragen Merges with SingVax and Completes $15M Series A

Inviragen, based in Fort Collins, Colorado and SingVax, based in Madison, Wisconsin, announced that they have merged and that the combined company has raised a $15M Series A round. Inviragen’s lead product candidate is a vaccine for dengue fever while SingVax brings potential vaccines for hand, foot and mouth disease and Japanese encephalitis. [...]

Inviragen Receives $600K Grant to Support Dengue Fever Vaccine Development

Inviragen announced that it has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to support the development of a Dengue fever vaccine. The grant will go towards a collaborative effort led by Inviragen and include scientists from the University of Wisconsin as well as the Division of Vector-Borne [...]

December Innovation After Hours Recap

In the spirit of the holidays, Innovation After Hours focused on celebration of the successes and the contributions made to the Northern Colorado technology community. The program started with a thank you to outgoing Director of the Larimer Bioscience Cluster, Kathy Kregel. Kregel’s contributions to area startups include the four years she served [...]