Actelion creates Vaxxilon together with the Max Planck Society - Seite 3

 

ABOUT VAXXILON

Vaxxilon AG is dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative synthetic carbohydrate vaccines to prevent, first and foremost, bacterial infections. Vaxxilon has licensed multiple preclinical vaccine candidates to target pathogens for which there are no approved vaccines, or for which existing vaccines do not fully meet medical needs. Vaxxilon was created in 2015 by Actelion Ltd and the Max Planck Society. The company is based on the scientific insights and innovation of Professors Peter Seeberger of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and Gennaro de Libero of the University Hospital of Basel. For more information see www.vaxxilon.com

 

ABOUT THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY

The Max Planck Society (MPG) (www.mpg.de) is Germany's leading research organization. In 83 Max Planck facilities, more than 5,500 scientists and over 7,600 graduate students, undergraduates, student assistants, and visiting scientists conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences and humanities. The Max Planck Society was founded in 1948 as a successor to the Kaiser Wilhelm Society which was established in 1911. Since then, 18 Nobel laureates have emerged from its ranks. The institutes are of international repute and attract top researchers from around the world. In addition to five foreign institutions, the MPG operates another 14 Max Planck Centers with research institutions such as the Princeton University in the USA, Science Po in France, the University College London in UK, and the University of Tokyo in Japan. Equally funded by federal and state governments, the Max Planck Society has an annual budget of 1.6 billion Euros.

References

1. Marco Cavallari et al. A semisynthetic carbohydrate-lipid vaccine that protects against S. pneumoniae in mice. Nature Chemical Biology 10,950-956(2014). DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1650

 

ACTELION LTD

Actelion Ltd. is a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative drugs for diseases with significant unmet medical needs.

Actelion is a leader in the field of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Our portfolio of PAH treatments covers the spectrum of disease, from WHO Functional Class (FC) II through to FC IV, with oral, inhaled and intravenous medications. Although not available in all countries, Actelion has treatments approved by health authorities for a number of specialist diseases including Type 1 Gaucher disease, Niemann-Pick type C disease, Digital Ulcers in patients suffering from systemic sclerosis, and mycosis fungoides type cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.