Updated at 1:23 p.m., Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Hawaii Biotech seeks FDA OK to test West Nile vaccine
Advertiser Staff
'Aiea-based Hawaii Biotech has filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to conduct human clinical trials for a West Nile virus vaccine.Authorization for the trials could be significant because it would signal that the FDA has found Hawaii Biotech's procedures competent.
Hawaii Biotech is a privately held biotechnology company focused on research and development of vaccines for emerging infectious diseases including West Nile virus and Influenza.
