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Publications2018-05-10T23:42:16-04:00

[Media Coverage] WIRED: “Reframing Futures of Global Health | Engineering Immunity” (Interview with Wataru Akahata)

2026.06.04|

An interview with Wataru Akahata, CEO of VLP Therapeutics (VLPT) and VLPT Japan, has been featured in the latest issue of WIRED magazine and on its online edition. "Vaccine development

[News Release] VLP Therapeutics Japan initiates Phase 1 clinical trial of T-cell inducing COVID-19 vaccine: advancing the development of a universal vaccine against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants

2026.03.31|

VLP Therapeutics Japan, Inc. (VLPT Japan), a Tokyo-based biotech company, announced on March 31 the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial in Japan for its COVID-19 vaccine (VLPCOV-U-01). VLPCOV-U-01

[News Release] VLP Therapeutics Japan reports safety, immunogenicity, and optimal dosing of VLPCOV-02, a SARS-CoV-2 saRNA vaccine with modified 5-methylcytosine base [iScience]

2026.02.06|

VLP Therapeutics Japan, Inc. (VLPT Japan) researchers and their colleagues at the National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBN) in Japan published a paper in iScience online reporting

[News Release] VLP Therapeutics awarded US$ 2.8 million grant to develop novel malaria vaccines that improve protection, reduce costs, expand equitable access

2025.12.11|

Maryland, US-based biotech company VLP Therapeutics, Inc. (VLPT) announced today that it has been awarded a two-year grant of over US$ 2.8 million (about JPY 433 million) from the Gates

[News Release] VLPT, Boston U, NIH researchers harness 5-methylcytidine to fine-tune immune responses in replicon mRNA vaccines, paving the way for safer next-gen immunization [Science Translational Medicine]

2025.11.13|

VLP Therapeutics, Inc. (VLPT) researchers and their colleagues at Boston University and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have demonstrated that incorporating a modified base known as 5-methylcytidine (5mC) into

[News Release] VLP Therapeutics Teams with Swedish AI Biotech Nygen Analytics on Vinnova-Funded Cancer Immunotherapy Research

2025.11.11|

Swedish-US partnership to develop predictive models that could transform personalized cancer treatment selection Gaithersburg, USA and LUND, Sweden, 11 November 2025 – Nygen Analytics AB, a pioneer in AI-powered single-cell

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