Objective
Influenza is a recurrent global threat and affects millions of people in Europe and the world every year. The Universal Vaccine project is highly original and brings together European state-of-the-art scientists in order to develop a powerful new mucosal vaccine for humans providing life-long protection against influenza. In the longer perspective, the project may contribute to the objective of reducing or even eradicating influenza disease in humans.
The Universal Vaccine project combines European SMEs and RTD performers that have pioneered the development of new vaccines and vaccine formulations, and which possess unique IPR related to new components and procedures that can be used for safer and more effective vaccination strategies. Arexis (SE) is the IPR holder of CTA1-DD, which is a new highly potent mucosal adjuvant. Pepscan (NL) has unique knowledge and IPR related to peptides and peptidomimetics while Proxima Concepts (UK) has the exclusive IPR related to a proprietary delivery technology. The unique collaboration between these SMEs and VIB/University of Ghent (BE), the IP holder of M2e-based influenza vaccines, Eurogentec (BE) and Göteborg University (SE) has the potential of resulting in important breakthroughs in European vaccine development research.The unique combination of the three SMEs for the rational design of a mucosal influenza vaccine is unprecedented in European vaccine research. A successful novel mucosal vaccine against influenza would have significant impact on the global market and secure the growth and development of the European vaccine industry. If successful, Arexis, Pepscan and Proxima will establish themselves firmly on the market for mucosal vaccines, and their extended and potentially stronger IP would allow for an expansion of their respective business markets.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology virology
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins
- medical and health sciences health sciences infectious diseases RNA viruses influenza
- medical and health sciences basic medicine immunology
- medical and health sciences basic medicine pharmacology and pharmacy pharmaceutical drugs vaccines
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Programme(s)
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Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP6-2003-SME-1
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
GÖTEBORG
Sweden
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.