Aviron and NIH Extend FluMist Agreement
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviron (Nasdaq: AVIR - news) today announced that it has extended its cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) for the development of FluMist(TM) with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through June 2003. FluMist(TM) is Aviron's investigational intranasal influenza vaccine.
In March 1995, Aviron entered into a five year CRADA with the NIAID to conduct clinical trials designed to further explore potential benefits of the FluMist(TM) technology. Including both Aviron's independent studies and studies conducted cooperatively under the CRADA, Phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trials have been completed for FluMist(TM), generating safety and efficacy data in more than 13,000 children and adults.
``Aviron's strong relationship with the NIH is a wonderful example of how the public and private sectors can pool talent and resources to address a major public health threat such as influenza,'' said C. Boyd Clarke, Aviron president and chief executive officer.
Aviron intends to submit a Biologics License Application for FluMist(TM) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the fourth quarter of 2000.
Aviron is a biopharmaceutical company based in Mountain View, California, focused on the prevention of disease through innovative vaccine technology.
Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this release. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, failure to validate the manufacturing process, facilities or equipment for the company's nasal influenza vaccine, and the assessment by regulatory agencies that the company's future license applications for its nasal influenza vaccine are incomplete or inadequate to approve the product for marketing to one or more target populations. Additional information concerning factors that could cause such a difference is contained in Aviron's SEC filings, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999.
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