CureVac has entered into a collaboration and pharma licensing agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Under the pharma licensing agreement CureVac will collaborate with Crucell Holland on the development of an influenza vaccine based on CureVac's RNActive technology.
RNActive vaccines, based on CureVac's technology platform, have already demonstrated effectiveness and safety in several clinical trials.
Under the terms of the collaboration, CureVac will develop optimized RNActive vaccines based on Crucell's proprietary antigen sequences which will be tested in various models.
Additional details of the collaboration were not disclosed.
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