Clinic Roundup

Emergent BioSolutions Inc., of Rockville, Md., said results from a Phase Ia trial of BioThrax, its anthrax vaccine adsorbed, with CPG 7909 adjuvant mixed at bedside generated peak antibody responses that were sixfold higher than those generated by BioThrax alone. The 69-subject study demonstrated that BioThrax plus CPG 7909 also accelerated the time to reach the peak immune response seen following BioThrax vaccination by three weeks.