Omniose Awarded NIH Grant of up to $3.0 Million to Develop Vaccines against Group B Streptococcus

BOSTON & ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omniose, a company developing polysaccharide conjugate vaccines against serious bacterial threats, announced today a grant award up to $3.0 million for the development of a Group B Streptococcus (GBS) vaccine from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Group B Streptococcus is a leading cause of invasive bacterial infections in neonates1 and older adults2 in the US and causes an estimated 90,000 i