Companies form joint livestock vaccine venture

Benchmark Biolabs, Lincoln, Neb., and AgriLabs, St. Joseph, Mo., announced the formation of VaxLiant, a joint venture designed to modernize how vaccines deliver antigens to prevent disease. VaxLiant offers a portfolio of ready-to-use and customizable adjuvants, and technical and marketing expertise, to help streamline the vaccine-development process.

Benchmark Biolabs, Lincoln, Neb., and AgriLabs, St. Joseph, Mo., announced the formation of VaxLiant, a joint venture designed to modernize how vaccines deliver antigens to prevent disease. VaxLiant offers a portfolio of ready-to-use and customizable adjuvants, and technical and marketing expertise, to help streamline the vaccine-development process. This new company is headquartered at Benchmark Biolabs' facilities in Lincoln.

"What this means is that vaccine companies now have access to several readily available adjuvants that provide never-seen-before flexibility in delivering antigens at a competitive price," says Steve Schram, VaxLiant co-founder and AgriLabs CEO. "VaxLiant is also developing a line of customizable adjuvants that ultimately will enable companies of all sizes to provide vaccines that can meet specific needs of veterinarians and farmers. All of this is backed by an experienced support team with the know-how to make developing and manufacturing vaccines less challenging."

VaxLiant's antigen-delivery formulations will be used to improve immune response as scientists look for new ways to manage highly contagious trans-boundary diseases, as well as to enhance vaccines used in conventional animal-health programs. Vaccine manufacturers also can use VaxLiant adjuvants to develop next-generation biologics or enhance current vaccines; to differentiate vaccines by immune response and value; to bring vaccines to market more quickly; or to help lower the cost of producing vaccines.

"We believe customers will find two distinct differences as they consider how VaxLiant can help them improve their own vaccines," says Dr. Tim Miller, president and chief science officer of Benchmark Biolabs, and VaxLiant co-founder. "First, the technology behind how our products deliver antigens is remarkable, and truly unlike what is commonplace today. Just as valuable is our team of people who have a track record of helping companies bring vaccines to market in a timely fashion, and who recognize the need for extraordinary delivery and adjuvant support for new technologies in the vaccine-development process."

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