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Local biotech companies leading the charge on DNA vaccine technology: Ichor's device to be used in HIV tests.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 22-OCT-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Local biotech companies leading the charge on DNA vaccine technology: Ichor's device to be used in HIV tests.(Inovio Biomedical Corp., Ichor Medical Systems Inc.)

Article Excerpt
A vaccine capable of preventing the spread of infectious diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis C, and deadly diseases such as cancer, has kept local companies Ichor Medical Systems Inc. and Inovio Biomedical Corp. at the forefront of potential new discoveries.

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Ichor gained attention in recent weeks because, for the first time in the privately held company's 13-year history, its hand-held device will be combined with an HIV vaccine and tested in healthy humans.

"You can well imagine if someone is healthy the FDA looks very, very closely before they let you conduct the study," said Ichor President and Chief Executive Bob Bernard. "It speaks very highly of what we believe will be a very, very safe procedure."

The study will seek to determine if Ichor's device, called the TriGrid Delivery System, can effectively deliver an...

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