Biotherapeutics News for August 2015

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New Vaccine for Chlamydia to use Synthetic Biology New Vaccine for Chlamydia to use Synthetic Biology

Prokarium Ltd, a biotechnology company developing transformational oral vaccines, today announced new funding from SynbiCITE, the UK’s Innovation and Knowledge Centre for Synthetic Biology. The £498k project is funded at £377k from SynbiCITE and £121k from Prokarium and will enable Prokarium and its collaborator Prof Robin Shattock of Imperial College to complete the pre-clinical development of an innovative Chlamydia vaccine which could enter clinical trials in 2017.