Blue Water Vaccines (BWV) Announces Collaboration with Instituto Butantan for the Development of BWV-101, a Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate

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Blue Water Vaccines Announces Collaboration with Instituto Butantan for the Development of BWV-101, a Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate

May 19, 2022 2:00 PM EDT

CINCINNATI, May 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blue Water Vaccines, Inc. (BWV or Blue Water Vaccines or the Company) a biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines, announces a collaboration with the multidisciplinary Center for R&D in Immunobiologics (CeRDI), an initiative of Instituto Butantan (Butantan). Through this partnership, Butantan, a leading Brazilian producer of immunobiologic products and vaccines, and BWV will develop the universal influenza vaccine candidate, BWV-101, in Brazil.

Instituto Butantan was approved for a grant from The State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) to develop BWVs universal influenza vaccine candidate in Brazil. This project grant is part of a larger consortium across... More