Blue Water Vaccines Organizes Key Opinion Leader Event to Discuss Unmet Need for Acute Otitis Media and Pneumonia Vaccine and Its Streptococcus pneumoniae Vaccine Candidate
December 06 2022 - 08:30AM
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Blue Water Vaccines Inc. (“BWV” or “Blue Water Vaccines” or the
“Company”) a biopharmaceutical company developing transformational
vaccines to address significant global health challenges, today
announced the Company will host an online Key Opinion Leader
(“KOL”) event on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
EST.
To kick off the event, Joseph Hernandez, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Blue Water Vaccines, will provide a brief
Company overview and deliver a welcome message to participants.
Following this introduction, Ali Fattom, Ph.D., will give an
introduction to vaccines, the importance and benefits of vaccines
that elicit mucosal immunity, the current pneumococcal vaccine
landscape, and the need for an efficacious, intranasal pneumococcal
vaccine. Then, Jason Rosch, Ph.D., will introduce BWV-201, a live
attenuated, serotype independent, intranasally delivered
pneumococcal vaccine and data generated to date to support vaccine
exploration and development. To round out the event. Dr. Fattom
will present the current action plan for BWV-201 development,
including milestones and timelines to reach a Phase I clinical
trial.
A live Q&A session will follow the formal presentation. To
register for the event, please use the following link:
https://app.webinar.net/0ZpQL14wxJG
Dr. Ali Fattom received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the Life
Science Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He spent 5
years at John Robbins lab at the National Institutes of Health
(“NIH”) working on polysaccharide conjugate pneumococcal vaccines,
providing him with a strong background and expertise in
pneumococcal disease. He previously served as Senior Vice President
for Vaccine Research and Development at Nabi Biopharmaceutical and
as Chief Scientific Officer at BlueWillow Biologics, Inc. where he
led their efforts to develop viral vaccines for various infectious
diseases, including HSV, RSV, and influenza. Currently, Dr. Fattom
is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan and serves as
an independent consultant for Blue Water Vaccines, providing
expertise to advance BWV’s vaccine pipeline and progress towards
clinical development of vaccine candidates. Dr. Fattom is an author
of over 70 peer-reviewed publications and holds over 20 patents in
the field of vaccinology.
Dr. Jason Rosch received his undergraduate degree from the
College of Wooster with a major in biology and a minor in
chemistry. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology and
Microbial Pathogenesis from Washington University, followed by a
postdoctoral fellowship in Infectious Diseases at St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital, where he currently serves as an
Associate Faculty Member in the Department of Infectious Diseases.
His research focuses on virulence mechanisms of pathogenic
streptococci and antibiotic resistance development, with an
emphasis on respiratory infections. His laboratory utilizes a broad
range of tools to query host-pathogen interactions, including
classical genetics, transcriptomics, murine models of infection,
and high-throughput genetic approaches. He has over 20 years of
experience working with pathogenic streptococci with work spanning
from the basic underlying biology to mechanistic understanding
host-pathogen interactions during invasive disease and pathogen
transmission. He has published over 80 manuscripts and his work is
supported by several NIH grants.
About Blue Water Vaccines
Blue Water Vaccines Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused
on developing transformational vaccines to address significant
health challenges globally. Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, the
company holds the rights to proprietary technology developed at the
University of Oxford, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and The University of Texas
Health San Antonio. The Company is developing a universal flu
vaccine that will provide protection from all virulent strains in
addition to licensing a novel norovirus (NoV) S&P nanoparticle
versatile virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine platform from
Cincinnati Children’s to develop vaccines for multiple infectious
diseases, including norovirus/rotavirus and malaria, among others.
Additionally, Blue Water Vaccines is developing a Streptococcus
pneumoniae (pneumococcus) vaccine candidate, designed to
specifically prevent the highly infectious middle ear infections,
known as Acute Otitis Media (AOM), in children, and prevention of
pneumonia in older people at risk for contracting pneumococcal
pneumonia, a significant unmet medical need. The advantage of this
technology includes a serotype independent mucosal immunity that
prevents colonization in the upper respiratory tract as well as
systemic immunity that can confer serotype independent against
invasive pneumococcal disease The Company is also developing a
Chlamydia vaccine candidate with UT Health San Antonio to prevent
infection and reduce the need for antibiotic treatment associated
with contracting Chlamydia disease. For more information, visit
www.bluewatervaccines.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These statements may be identified by the use of
forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “forecast,”
“estimate,” “expect,” and “intend,” among others. These
forward-looking statements are based on BWV’s current expectations
and actual results could differ materially. There are a number of
factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from
those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors
include, but are not limited to, risks related to the development
of BWV’s vaccine candidates; the failure to obtain FDA clearances
or approvals and noncompliance with FDA regulations; delays and
uncertainties caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic; risks related
to the timing and progress of clinical development of our product
candidates; our need for additional financing; uncertainties of
patent protection and litigation; uncertainties of government or
third party payor reimbursement; limited research and development
efforts and dependence upon third parties; and substantial
competition. As with any vaccine under development, there are
significant risks in the development, regulatory approval and
commercialization of new products. BWV does not undertake an
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement.
Investors should read the risk factors set forth in BWV’s
Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 29, 2022 and periodic
reports filed with the SEC on or after the date thereof. All of
BWV’s forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by all
such risk factors and other cautionary statements. The information
set forth herein speaks only as of the date thereof.
Media Contact Information:Blue Water Media
RelationsTelephone: (646) 942-5591 Email:
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Investor Contact Information:Blue Water Investor RelationsEmail:
investors@bluewatervaccines.com
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