ONTARIO: Bioniche presents E. coli O157:H7 vaccine data to International Congress of Medical Microbiology in Serbia - (Bioniche Life Sciences Inc.)
June 17, 2008 – 11:23 pmBELLEVILLE, ON — Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, presented data regarding its E. coli O157:H7 cattle vaccine at the 6th Congress of Medical Microbiology - Mikromed 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia last weekend. The presentation was made by Dr. Dragan Rogan, Vice-President, Bioniche Animal Health Research & Development.
The Bioniche vaccine is the world’s first vaccine that may be used as an on-farm intervention to reduce the amount of E. coli O157:H7 shed by cattle. Bioniche and its collaborators have been moving the vaccine towards commercial availability for eight years and it has been extensively tested at the University Nebraska-Lincoln, with efficacy results now being published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, most recently, the Journal of Food Protection, in November, 2007.
In his presentation, Dr. Rogan summarized numerous studies that have been completed with the Bioniche vaccine over the last five years involving more than 30,000 cattle. […]
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