Icosovax is turning its virus-like particle (VLP) technology to fight COVID-19. The news accompanies $16.5 million in new funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Open Philanthropy, and the publication of preclinical data in Cell.
Preclinical data published in Cell show the company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate induces high neutralizing antibody titers after a single administration
Via NIH.gov
BioSpace reporter Gail Dutton reports on Icosavax's computationally designed virus-like particle (VLP)
For Nature Biotechnology's annual survey, the list of companies represents some of the best science that was spun out from academic institutions and raised a Series A financing in 2019.
Two-component virus-like particle (VLP) technology developed at the Institute for Protein Design exclusively licensed from the University of Washington for a variety of infectious disease indications
Via UW Medicine
