2009 BIO International Convention
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HIV/AIDS Vaccines, Preventative and Therapeutic Approaches to a Global Pandemic
Track
:
Vaccines
Program Code:
2847
Date:
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Time:
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
EST
Location:
B309
SPEAKER
(S):
Dan Barouch, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Larry Corey, MD, University of Washington
Harriet Robinson, PhD, Geovax Inc
Maya Sommerfelt, Bionor Immuno AS
David Weiner, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Description
The HIV/AIDS pandemic causes an estimated 2.5 million new infections each year. Although daily drug treatment can change this lethal infection to a chronic disease, global control and erradication will require successful vaccines. In this session we discuss challenges and setbacks for HIV/AIDS vaccine and highlight ongoing clinical stage development of vaccines for both prevention and treatment.
• Provide an update on progress in the field of HIV/AIDS vaccines
• Report on preventative and therapeutic vaccine concepts in the clinical pipeline
• Present how vaccine failures have led to new approaches