Intercell AG was a biotechnology company based in

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which focused on the development of modern prophylactic and

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against infectious diseases. The company merged with Vivalis to form

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in 2012. Intercell was formed in 1998 as a spin-off of the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna. It employs 400 people in Austria, Scotland and the United States. It has been listed on the

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since February 28, 2005. In 2008, Intercell signaled its intent to acquire

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-based Iomai, a developer of needle-free vaccination technology. Intercell cooperates with

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and

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on vaccine production. The most important projects of Intercell are: * Vaccine against

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(approved in Europe, America and Australia) * Therapeutic vaccine against hepatitis C (in clinical phase II) *

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identification program and

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technologies. * Vaccine Enhancement Patch to improve prevention against pandemic influenza (in collaboration with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in clinical phase II)

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