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Acambis plc

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UKpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗

Ownership: Private
Employees: ~270
Development stage: Commercial

Overview

Acambis developed the FDA-approved ACAM2000® smallpox vaccine, which is stockpiled by the US government for biodefense. Other programs included advanced clinical candidates targeting Japanese encephalitis, West Nile virus, dengue fever, influenza, C. difficile infection, and herpes simplex. The company was acquired by Sanofi Pasteur in 2008 and its lead products were integrated into Sanofi’s portfolio.

Therapeutic areas: Infectious Diseases
Modalities: Vaccines (live attenuated, inactivated, recombinant viral vector)
Industry: Biotech

Drug pipeline

4 assets

ACAM2000

Commercial

Indications: Smallpox

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Partnerships

Baxter Healthcare (investor/shareholder)Harvard University Office of Technology Development (herpes program licensee)Bavarian Nordic (MVA patent cross-license settlement)Crucell NV (Berna Products sale partner)

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