Friday 15 August 2008

DOR BioPharma Announces Initiation Of Second Human Clinical Trial For RiVaxTM, Its Ricin Toxin Vaccine

� DOR BioPharma, Inc. (OTCBB: DORB) ("DOR" or the "Company"), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that one of its academic development partners has initiated a second human clinical trial of RiVax� in healthy volunteers. RiVax� is a recombinant subunit vaccinum designed to induce security against vulnerability to ricin toxin, a category B biothreat. This new trial is intended to judge the base hit and immunogenicity of an improved expression of the vaccine containing an ancillary that is expected to result in long durable and high levels of protective antibodies. The new trial is being conducted as erated and immunogenic in a Phase 1 clinical trial in normal volunteers.


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