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Pfizer Acquires Redvax

Gains preclinical CMV vaccine candidate

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Pfizer has acquired a controlling interest in Redvax GmbH, a spin-off from Redbiotec AG, a privately held Swiss biopharma company, gaining access to a preclinical human cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate, as well as intellectual property and a technology platform related to a second, undisclosed vaccine program.   CMV is a herpes virus, infecting 50-90% of the adult population, with a majority remaining asymptomatic. A large segment of young adults, especially women of childbearing age, are...

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