Zhi Hong, Brii Biosciences CEO

Brii Bio­sciences snaps up VBI Vac­ci­nes' HBV pro­grams in ex­pand­ed deal, jump­ing in­to com­mer­cial mode

Five years af­ter bag­ging Chi­na rights to VBI Vac­cines’ he­pati­tis B ther­a­py and team­ing up on its de­vel­op­ment, Brii Bio­sciences is go­ing for the whole thing.

In an ex­pand­ed deal, Brii has de­cid­ed to ac­quire world­wide rights to VBI-2601, an im­munother­a­peu­tic can­di­date al­so known as BRII-179. Al­so part of the pact: Pre­Hevbrio, VBI’s re­com­bi­nant HBV vac­cine, for which Brii will now get an ex­clu­sive li­cense in the Asia-Pa­cif­ic re­gion.

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