Intercell

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name = Intercell

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location_country = Austria
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products = Vaccination technology
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Intercell AG is a biotechnology company based in Vienna which focuses on the development of modern prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines against infectious diseases. Intercell was formed in 1998 as a spin-off of the Institute of Molecular Pathology of the University of Vienna.Fact|date=August 2008 It employs 240 people in Austria, Scotland and the United States.

It has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since February 28, 2005. In 2008, Intercell acquired Iomai, a developer of needle-free vaccination technology, now operated as Intercell USA. [cite web
url=http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idUSN1233533220080512
title=Austrian vaccine maker Intercell buys Iomai
publisher=Reuters
pubdate=2008-05-12
accessdate=2008-08-15]

Intercell cooperates with pharmaceutical companies like Novartis, Merck and Sanofi-Aventis on vaccine production.

The most important projects of Intercell are:

* Vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (in clinical phase III) [cite web
url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/50718.php
title=Positive Results For Intercell's Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine In Pivotal Phase III Safety Trial
publisher=Medical News Today
pubdate=2006-08-30
accessdate=2008-08-15]
* Therapeutic vaccine against hepatitis C (in clinical phase II) [cite web
url=http://www.fdanews.com/newsletter/article?articleId=97461&issueId=10614
title=Intercell Hepatitis C Vaccine Meets Primary Endpoints
publisher=FDA News
pubdate=2007-08-22
accessdate=2008-08-15]
* Antigen identification program and adjuvant technologies.Fact|date=August 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.intercell.com/ Intercell Homepage]