Dynavax awarded $700K grant by NIAID

13 May 2009

The USA's Dynavax Technologies has been awarded a two-year, $700,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant by the National Institute of  Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The grant will support the preclinical development of Dynavax'  first-in-class oligonucleotide-based Toll-like Receptor inhibitors for  use in inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis, cutaneous lupus and  dermatomyositis. This is on top of a $1.8-million grant awarded in 2008.

"In addition to validating our proprietary technology, this new grant  supports the preclinical studies for our TLR inhibitors, which represent  a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of inflammatory skin  disorders," said chief scientific officer Robert Coffman.

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