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Press release on the results of a novel tuberculosis vaccine tested in a large phase III trial against severe respiratory infectious diseases
The course of respiratory infectious disease pandemics, will strongly depend on how quickly medications or specific vaccines against the pathogens are available. Researchers wanted to investigate in a phase III trial whether the vaccine candidate VPM1002 is also protective against an infection with the novel SARS-CoV-2. The large-scale study has been carried out at several hospitals in Germany and included older people that are susceptible to severe course of the disease. Read about the results here!
VPM1002 Vaccination as Prophylaxis Against Severe Respiratory Infectious Diseases Including Covid-19 in the Elderly
We are pleased to announce that our VPM1002 trial, where VPM1002 was given as a prophylaxis against severe respiratory infectious diseases including COVID-19 in the elderly, has successfully been published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. We could show that VPM1002 compared to placebo is reducing the days with severe respiratory disease! Read more!
VPM celebrated its 20 year anniversary during the joint symposium organized by TWINCORE and VPM.
We are very proud to be able to welcome more than 100 participants at TWINCORE in Hannover!. Read more.
Article about VPM’s tuberculosis (TB) vaccine published in the Frankfurter Rundschau
An article about our tuberculosis (TB) vaccine has been published in the “Frankfurter Rundschau”. For more info click here.
Tuberculosis vaccine candidate VPM1002 safe in HIV- and non-HIV-exposed newborns as study shows
A clinical trial in South Africa has now shown that the new vaccine candidate VPM1002, developed by Max Planck researcher Stefan H.E. Kaufmann and his team, is equally safe for newborns with and without HIV exposure and has fewer side effects compared to BCG. Please click here to read the publication.
Milestone achieved: end of recruitment for a large African trial against tuberculosis in neonates completed
We are pleased to announce that a major milestone in the pivotal phase III trial (trial name: priMe) of the novel tuberculosis vaccine VPM1002 has been achieved with the end of recruitment of all participants.
VPM at the OPTIMMUNIZE 2022 Meeting
VPM was invited guest speaker at the OPTIMMUNIZE 2022 which was held as webinar on April 21st. Watch the video here!
Prime update: visit to the East African clinical sites
We are pleased that after the long COVID lockdown we were also able to visit the East African sites to touch base and to discuss the conduct of the trial and potential improvements. We thank all centres for their warm welcome and their hospitality during our stay and hope to meet more often in person again.
Delegation aus Ghana bei VPM
We have welcome the delegation from Ghana on February, 18 and had a fruitful conversation on vaccine development.
Results of SAKK 06/14 trial with VPM1002BC as treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer have been published in European Urology Oncology
The phase I/II clinical trial data with VPM1002BC, a genetically modified bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) strain, has been published in European Urology Oncology. Even three years after the treatment start, almost half of the patients remained recurrence-free. We thank all patients, colleagues, and collaborators for their contributions. Please click here to read the publication.
