Dynavax Issues Positive Phase III Results for Hepatitis Vaccine Heplisav-b

Dynavax has published subgroup results from the pivotal Phase III trial of its investigational hepatitis B vaccine, Heplisav-b.

The clinical analysis demonstrated that Heplisav-b, when administered as two doses over one month, brought significantly higher seroprotection rates than the approved hepatitis B vaccine Engerix-B, when administered as three doses over six months.

The study compared two doses of Heplisav-b over four weeks with three doses of Engerix-B over 24 weeks in 8,374 adults age 18 to 70.