Developing Hapentized
Haptenization is based on proven science, a well-understood mechanism of action, and extensive clinical data, with evidence that it can be used to treat multiple viral infections and any resectable solid tumor.
Inducing Targeted T-Cell
and Antibody Response
The BioVaxys vaccine platform is based on the concept of haptenization. This idea has a long history, beginning with the work of the immunologist and Nobel laureate Dr. Karl Landsteiner,
Simply put, the process of haptenization “teaches” a patient’s immune system to recognize and make target proteins more ‘visible’ as foreign, thereby stimulating a more intense immune response. We now understand that T-cells (or T-lymphocytes, which are white blood cells that are crucial in tumor rejection) react against the haptenized material and that the T-cells also then react against the unmodified target protein. At BioVaxys, we believe that tumor and viral antigens, which are proteins, are similarly affected by haptenization which stimulates a T-cell mediated immune response.
Besides having no observed toxicity in multiple clinical trials, haptenization is based on proven science, a well-understood mechanism of action, and extensive clinical data, with evidence that it can be used to treat multiple viral infections and any resectable solid tumor.

SARS-CoV-2
Vaccine Development
BVX-0320:
Our lead IND-stage vaccine candidate for SARS-CoV-2.
The clinical goal of the program is to stimulate virus cross-reactivity and induce immunity against all or most sarbecoviruses by immunizing people who have convalesced from a documented Covid-19 infection or received a full course of any Covid-19 vaccine, leading to a pan-sarbecovirus vaccine that encompasses current and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.