Vaxgen is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of biologic products for the prevention and treatment of human infectious disease. Co. is developing vaccines against inhalation anthrax and smallpox for the purpose of biodefense. In collaboration with the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute of Japan ("Kaketsuken"), Co. is also developing, for use in the United States and internationally, LC16m8, an attenuated smallpox vaccine candidate. Co. is developing rPA102, a recombinant Protective Antigen anthrax vaccine candidate, with the assistance of funding from its NIAID Contracts.
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