Astellas and Affinivax Present Results of ASP3772 in P-II Study for Streptococcus Pneumoniae

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  • The P-II clinical trial involves evaluating ASP377 (a novel 24 valent MAPS Vaccine) vs Prevnar 13 & Pneumovax 23 in 503 adults aged 65-85yrs. with Streptococcus pneumoniae. The vaccine was developed using Affinivax’s MAPS platform technology
  • The results showed that the ASP3772 was well tolerated, induced a robust immune response in 24 pneumococcal serotypes in MAPS vaccine as measured by IgG & OPA & showed an increase in Abs response to the conserved pneumococcal proteins
  • ASP3772 has also received FDA’s BTD in adults aged >50 yrs. for the prevention of pneumonia and invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes, based on P-II results

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