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DALLAS, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ COVAXX, a U.S. biotechnology company and subsidiary of United Biomedical, Inc. (UBI), has announced that the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare on January 29, granted conditional approval to begin Phase 2 trials of UB-612, its vaccine candidate to address the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. COVAXX is developing world s first multitope peptide-based vaccine against COVID-19, using its high precision, commercially proven and scalable vaccine platform.
The Phase 2 clinical trial is a multi-center, placebo-controlled, randomized, observer-blind study to further explore the immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of the UB-612 vaccine in three distinctive cohorts: adolescents (12 to 18 years old), adults (19 to 64 years old), and seniors (65 years and older). The first subject of the Phase 2 trials was enrolled last week, with the goal of completing enrollment and administration of the first doses of UB-612