{"id":3739,"date":"2020-05-06T14:57:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantnews.com\/?p=3739"},"modified":"2020-07-06T13:19:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:19:27","slug":"invio-pharmaceuticals-gets-grant-to-produce-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/invio-pharmaceuticals-gets-grant-to-produce-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"INVIO Pharmaceuticals Gets Grant To Produce COVID-19 Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the most important priorities facing the United States (and the world too) is finding a therapeutic and treatment for the coronavirus, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies all over the world are working against the clock to figure out a way to prevent or treat the spread of Coronavirus. One such company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inovio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INVIO<\/a>, has been awarded a grant to help continue in this critical work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> INVIO\u2019s hope is that they can produce over a million units of their proposed COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020, after receiving a grant from Oslo-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation. <br><br>This is not the first round of funding that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/inovio-to-expand-manufacturing-of-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-with-new-cepi-grant-2020-04-30\">CEPI has given to Invio, this grant actually brings the total round of funding to $17.2 million<\/a>, which will be used by the company to expand manufacturing of it\u2019s proposed COVID-19 vaccine. That vaccine is currently being worked on at Invio\u2019s Plymouth, Pennsylvania location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grantnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/vaccine-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"vaccine\" class=\"wp-image-3628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/vaccine-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/vaccine-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/vaccine-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/vaccine-390x205.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/vaccine.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Should we be hopeful?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As the pandemic continues on, as contagious as it is, having an available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantnews.com\/coronavirus-vaccines-being-fast-tracked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine<\/a> becomes more and more necessary, especially considering there is currently no therapeutic approved to treat COVID-19 patients, which can be a scary thing for anyone with relatives or loved ones that have been infected.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement posted on INVIO&#8217;s website,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">INOVIO<\/g> scientists are coronavirus experts. <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">INOVIO<\/g> was the first to advance its DNA vaccine INO-4700 against MERS CoV, a related coronavirus, into evaluation in humans. <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">INOVIO<\/g> is currently preparing to initiate a Phase 2 vaccine trial for INO-4700 in the Middle East where most MERS viral outbreaks have occurred.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is expediting the development of <strong><em>INO-4800<\/em><\/strong> against COVID-19 and is planning to have 1 million doses of the vaccine by the end of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a research scientist in need of grant funding, start by doing a search in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/cat\/29\/research-and-evaluation-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research and Evaluation<\/a> category on GrantWatch. If your research is Coronavirus specific, the grants listed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/cat\/56\/coronavirus-covid-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coronavirus COVID-19 category<\/a> <g class=\"gr_ gr_134 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"134\" data-gr-id=\"134\">is<\/g> the best place to start your search for grants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most important priorities facing the United States (and the world too) is finding a therapeutic and 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