Vical Shifts To Infectious Disease After Allovectin Fails In Melanoma
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
CEO Vijay Samant defends Vical’s DNA-based technology platform after 20 years of development culminates in Phase III failure. But the platform still shows promise in other therapeutic areas, Vical says as the company absorbs a major blow to stock price.
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