AVIR Green Hills Biotechnology is proud to announce that the clinical data obtained in the phase I deltaFLU study will be published in the renowned "Journal of Infectious Diseases" on 15 January 2010. The article describes the first in-man study and hence the first clinical application of the novel, intranasal, seasonal H1N1 influenza vaccine deltaFLU.

The successful phase I study showed that the H1N1 vaccine was well tolerated and safe. Moreover, it proved that the deltaFLU influenza vaccination induces an immune response in the body. Another piece of very good news is that it was possible to demonstrate the induction of cross-protective immunity against other influenza virus strains.

"The results of the clinical phase I study are excellent. This vaccine guarantees maximum safety and tolerance. We also expect outstanding results regarding safety, local and systemic immune responses in the phase II study," says Thomas Muster, founder and CEO of AVIR Green Hills Biotechnology.