NIAID Launches Clinical Trial of Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

NIAID Launches Clinical Trial of Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate

nanoparticle flu vaccine

A first-in-human, Phase 1 trial assessing the safety and immunogenicity of an investigational nanoparticle influenza vaccine designed to provide long-lasting protection against multiple flu virus strains has begun at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Volunteers will receive either a licensed seasonal influenza vaccine or the experimental vaccine, FluMos-v1, which was developed by scientists from the NIAID Vaccine Research Center.

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