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Licensing | Veterinary Influenza Vaccines
Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza in Hong Kong, Mexico, Italy, China and other countries and low pathogenic H7 in Pennsylvania have caused great concern in the poultry industry. The H5 virus continues to circulate in Mexico where it has caused the death or destruction of millions of chickens in recent years.
In 1997, Pennsylvania officials estimated that 1.75 million birds were infected, which resulted in quarantine of a 75-square mile area (costing about $200,000) and destruction of 750,000 birds. In December of 1997, health authorities destroyed 1.4 million birds in response to the spread of avian H5N1 and the direct infection of several people from the avian H5N1 virus.
Protein Sciences has made vaccine candidates for many common strains of avian, equine and swine influenza.
Protein Sciences is interested in finding partners for the commercialization of its veterinary influenza vaccines. For more information, please contact Manon Cox, Chief Operating Officer.
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Pathogenic H5 avian influenza infected chicken.
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