Dosing Woes For VBI Vaccines As Share Price Plummets On Hep B Study Results
Executive Summary
Despite positive results in the latest Phase III PROTECT study of its hepatitis B vaccine, VBI Vaccines failed to show non-inferiority at two doses, leaving it trailing behind competitor Dynavax and its established two-dose product.
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