Andrea Sawdon's Contact Details

Andrea Sawdon's Company Details

Vaccitech Limited

Oxford, ENG, UK • 50 - 99 Employees
BioTech/Drugs

Vaccitech is a clinical stage T cell immunotherapy company developing products to treat and prevent cancer and infectious diseases. The company's proprietary technology platform, comprising Chimpanzee Adenovirus (prime) and MVA (boost) is exceptional at inducing, boosting and maintaining CD8+ and CD4+ T cells, as well as antibodies. The Vaccitech prime-boost platform is licensed from one of the most prestigious vaccine research institutes in the world, the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford. Vaccitech currently has a Phase 2 clinical program for prostate cancer, a Phase 1 clinical program for chronic HBV and is poised to enter the clinic with HPV and NSCLC therapeutics. The company is also co-developing products for MERS coronavirus and Herpes Zoster with international collaborators and has outlicensed its rights to the ChAdOx COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford to AstraZeneca. Vaccitech is backed by leading institutions including M&G, GV, Gilead Sciences, Sequoia Capital China, Korea Investment Partners and Oxford Sciences Innovation.