Table 2.
Biodefense vaccines and therapeutics in phase 2 or phase 3 clinical trials
| Bioterror agent | Company (location) | Type of product | Name | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthrax | VaxGen | Vaccine | rPA102 anthrax vaccine | Phase 2 |
| Plague | Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (Porton Down, UK) | Vaccine | F1/V combination recombinant subunit plague vaccine | Phase 2 |
| Smallpox | Acambis | Vaccine | ACAM2000 | Phase 3 |
| Smallpox | Acambis | Vaccine | MVA3000 | Phase 2 |
| Smallpox | Bavarian Nordic (Kvistgard, Denmark) | Vaccine | IMVAMUNE | Phase 2 |
| Dengue | Acambis/Sanofi Pasteur | Vaccine | ChimeriVax-Dengue | Phase 2 |
| Dengue | GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (Rixensart, Belgium) | Vaccine | Attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine | Phase 2 |
| Dengue | Sanofi Pasteur | Vaccine | Attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine | Phase 2 |
| Food and waterborne bacteria | AVANT Immunotherapeutics (Needham, MA, USA) | Vaccine | CholeraGarde | Phase 2 |
| Food and waterborne bacteria | Emergent Europe (Wokingham, UK) | Vaccine | Oral typhoid vaccine | Phase 2 |
| Food and waterborne bacteria | Teijin Pharma (Tokyo) | Therapeutic | Humanized mAb | Phase 2 |
| Food and waterborne bacteria | AVANT Immunotherapeutics | Vaccine | Ty800 typhoid vaccine | Phase 1/2 |
| Food and waterborne bacteria | Iomai Corporation (Gaithersburg, MD, USA) | Vaccine | ETEC vaccine patch | Phase 1/2 |
| Food and waterborne protozoa | GlaxoSmithKline | Therapeutic | Albendazole | Phase 3 |
| Viral encephalitides | Acambis | Vaccine | ChimeriVax-JE | Phase 3 |
| Viral encephalitides | Intercell (Vienna) | Vaccine | Japanese encephalitis vaccine | Phase 3 |
| Viral encephalitides | Acambis | Vaccine | ChimeriVax-West Nile | Phase 2 |
| Viral encephalitides | Hemispherx Biopharma (Philadelphia) | Therapeutic | Interferon-alpha-n3 | Phase 2 |
| Viral encephalitides | AVI BioPharma | Therapeutic | AVI-4020 | Phase 1b/2 |
| Viral encephalitides | OMRIX Biopharmaceuticals (New York) | Therapeutic | Omr-IgG-am | Phase 1/2 |
Source: ref. 1.