Bringing Attention to Malaria Vaccine Development Efforts
ATLANTA, GA, April 25, 2019 – Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited Labs, Inc. (OTCQB: GOVX) today is observing World Malaria Day, an annual international event held on April 25th each year to recognize global efforts to control and ultimately eradicate malaria. Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited is commemorating World Malaria Day 2019 by highlighting the efforts of its scientists and collaborators toward the development of a much-needed effective vaccine against this disease.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. Nearly half of the world’s population (over 3 billion people) are at risk of malaria infection. According to the latest World Malaria Report, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in November 2018, in 2017 there were an estimated 219 million cases of malaria in 87 countries, resulting in 435,000 deaths. Children under five years of age are particularly susceptible to malaria infection, illness and death. In 2017, malaria killed an estimated 266,000 children, 61% of all fatalities. Despite many decades of research and development, there is no commercial malaria vaccine available at the present time.
Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited currently has two complementary programs underway toward the development of a malaria vaccine:
About Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited
Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited Labs, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing human vaccines against infectious diseases and cancer using a novel patented Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Virus Like Particle (MVA-VLP) based vaccine platform. On this platform, MVA, a large virus capable of carrying several vaccine antigens, expresses proteins that assemble into VLP immunogens within (in vivo) the person receiving the vaccine. The production of VLPs in the person being vaccinated mimics virus production in a natural infection, stimulating both the humoral and cellular arms of the immune system to recognize, prevent, and control the target infection. The MVA-VLP derived vaccines elicit durable immune responses in the host similar to a live-attenuated virus, while providing the safety characteristics of a replication-defective vector.
Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited’s current development programs are focused on preventive vaccines against HIV, Zika Virus, hemorrhagic fever viruses (Ebola, Sudan, Marburg, and Lassa), and malaria, as well as therapeutic vaccines against chronic Hepatitis B infections and cancers. The Company has designed the leading preventative HIV vaccine candidate to fight against the subtype of HIV prevalent in the larger commercial markets of the Americas, Western Europe, Japan, and Australia; this program is currently undergoing human clinical trials managed by the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) with the support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited’s HIV vaccine is also part of collaborative efforts to develop an immunotherapy as a functional cure for HIV.
Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited’s corporate strategy is to improve the health of patients worldwide by advancing its patented vaccine platform, using its unique capabilities to design and develop an array of products addressing unmet medical needs in the areas of infectious diseases and oncology. The Company intends to advance its products toward human clinical testing, and to seek partnership or licensing arrangements for commercialization. Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited’s strategy includes leveraging third party resources through government, academic and corporate research collaborations, and partnerships for preclinical and clinical testing.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this document are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from those included in these statements due to a variety of factors, including whether; Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited can develop and manufacture its vaccines with the desired characteristics in a timely manner; Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited's vaccines will be safe for human use; Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited's vaccines will effectively prevent HIV or Ebola infection in humans; Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited’s vaccines will receive regulatory approvals necessary to be licensed and marketed; Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited raises the required capital to complete vaccine development; there is development of competitive products that may be more effective or easier to use than Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited's products; Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited will be able to enter into favorable manufacturing and distribution agreements; and other factors over which Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited has no control. Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements and does not intend to do so. More information about these factors is contained in Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including those set forth at "Risk Factors" in Healthcare & Life Sciences Limited's Form 10-K.
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