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Learn MorePneumonia remains the single leading cause of childhood death under age 5 worldwide. The price per dose of current vaccines is high and supply is limited due to a complex manufacturing process and low yield, significantly reducing its distribution in developing nations.1 A newly patented vacuo dry-glycation process promises much higher efficacy than the conjugation chemistry used currently, paving the way towards a much lower dosage cost. and its vaccine is a kind of polysaccharide-protein conjugate system. However, the process conditions required for activation of the polysaccharide by vacuo dry-glycation have not been optimized, and the characteristics of distinct serotype polysaccharides and the corresponding activated polysaccharides and conjugate products are not fully reported and studied. This research addresses these deficiencies, enabling PnuVax Inc. to further the development of a more affordable vaccine that can be used in Canada and around the world to reduce childhood death due to pneumonia.
Robin Hutchinson
Mingmin Zhang
PnuVax Inc
Engineering - chemical / biological
Manufacturing
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