In­ovio files for $50M of­fer­ing amid Covid-19 vac­cine hunt; Zy­dus Cadi­la signs on with XO­MA on IL-2 deal

In­ovio, the com­pa­ny now build­ing a DNA vac­cine against the nov­el coro­n­avirus, has filed for a $50 mil­lion eq­ui­ty of­fer­ing. Tout­ing its ex­pe­ri­ence bring­ing a vac­cine for MERS — a re­lat­ed virus — in­to Phase II, In­ovio has called it­self “the leader in coro­n­avirus vac­cines” and, with fund­ing from the Cen­ter for Epi­dem­ic Pre­pared­ness, has said it will have a vac­cine in a Phase I hu­man tri­al in April.

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