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Italy: Abiogen Pharma S.p.A. and Philogen Srl Research Into New Biotechnological Vaccines for Hepatitis C and Tetanus.


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Abiogen Pharma SPA in Its Biotechnological Research has Committed to Philogen SRL 1. SRL - Bharat Jayaraman.

["Towards a Broader Basis for Logic Programming", B. Jayaraman, TR CS Dept, SUNY Buffalo, 1990].
2. SRL - Schema Representation language.
3. SRL - Structured Robot Language.

C. Blume & W. Jacob, U Karlsruhe.
 a Development Programme On Hepatitis C Virus
This page is for the virus. For the disease, see Hepatitis C.
The Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a small (50 nm in size), enveloped, single-stranded, positive sense RNA virus in the family Flaviviridae.
 (HCV HCV
abbr.
hepatitis C virus


HCV 1 Hepatitis C virus, see there 2. Human coronavirus. See Coronavirus.
) and

Tetanic tetanic /te·tan·ic/ (te-tan´ik) pertaining to tetanus.

te·tan·ic
adj.
1. Of or causing tetanus or tetany.

2. Marked by sustained muscular contractions.

n.
 Toxin Specific Human Immunoglobulin

to be Concluded Before April 2005

The collaboration between these two young but emerging companies, foresees the eventual results to be patented with the rights of an exclusive license for Abiogen Pharma. At present the agreement is limited to the preparation of biotechnological therapeutic vaccines focused on Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Tetanus, with however, the possibility to broaden the agreement to further specific research. In fact, the availability of biotechnological vaccines represents an important advance, particularly concerning safety, with respect to the average vaccines derived from biological material.

Philogen SRL, established in 1996 from the will of Luciano Zardi and Dario Negri, is a spin-off company involving scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology may refer to one of two institutes of higher education in Switzerland:
  • ETH Zurich in Zurich
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne
 (ETH), Zurich, and the Advanced Biotechnology Centre (CBA See Capital Builder Account. ), Genoa. Philogen has developed a new biotechnological platform obtaining high specific and safe compounds for various infective pathologies, based on the isolation of human antibody fragments.

Recently, Philogen has acquired laboratories in Siena of vast dimensions for the production of antibodies for clinical use.

Abiogen Pharma SPA, established in Pisa in 1997 from the acquisition by Merck Sharp & Dohme of Istituto Gentili who has a history of research in Osteoarticular Metabolism, obtaining great success with the discovery of original molecules from the Bisphosphonates (Etidronate, Clodronate, Alendronate alendronate /alen·dro·nate/ (ah-len´dro-nat) a bisphosphonate calcium-regulating agent used in the form of the sodium salt to inhibit the resorption of bone in the treatment of osteitis deformans, osteoporosis, and hypercalcemia related , Neridronate). Neridronate is the first compound Worldwide to receive the therapeutical indication in Osteogenesis Imperfecta as an Orphan Drug from the Italian Health Authorities. Abiogen Pharma's R&D Division is also developing some new molecules with an ansiolytic and analgetic activity. In the antitumor field, interesting substances of biotechnological nature are under research in collaboration with international partners and Research Centres of American Universities.
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