Vical Incorporated: Premium Company Profile

Introduction

Vical's main focus is to research and develop vaccines and novel therapeutics based on its core DNA delivery technology for the treatment of wide range of diseases in the areas of infectious and cancer related diseases. It has leveraged its patented technologies through licensing and collaboration agreements with other pharmaceutical companies to discover and develop respective product candidates

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Highlights

Vical's product focus is the development of infectious disease vaccines and cancer immunotherapeutics. The company's current independent development focus is on the novel DNA vaccines for cytomegalovirus (CMV) and its cancer immunotherapeutics Allovectin-7 and IL-2/EP, as well as other preclinical targets such as influenza.

Vical derives its revenues from collaboration and licensing agreements. These revenues are related to collaborative research and development agreements (CRADA) with various government institutions such as NIH (National Institutes of Health), CDC (The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and other government and research institutions.

Vical's sole contributor to sales growth out to 2010 will be royalties, licenses, collaboration and other revenues during the period 2006-2010. Revenues from this stream are expected to increase at a CAGR of 9%, from $15 million in 2006 to $20 million in 2010.

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