Company

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of DNA medicines to treat and protect people from diseases associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), cancer, and infectious diseases. Its DNA medicines platform uses SynCon, to help engineer precisely designed plasmid DNA plasmids, as well as CELLECTRA smart devices technology that facilitates delivery of the DNA plasmids. The company's lead product candidate is INO-3107 for HPV-related recurrent respiratory papillomatosis and is under Phase 1/2 trial. Its products in pipeline include VGX-3100 for the treatment of HPV-related cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions; INO-3112 for the treatment of HPV-related Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and is under Phase 2 trial; INO-5401 for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme and is under Phase 2 trial; INO-4201 for Ebola Virus Disease and is under Phase 1b trial; INO-4800 for COVID-19 and is under Phase 2/3 trial; and INO-6160 for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus and is under Phase 1 trial. The company's partners and collaborators ApolloBio Corporation, AstraZeneca, Coherus Biosciences, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, HIV Vaccines Trial Network, Kaneka Eurogentec, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Plumbline Life Sciences, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Richter BioLogics, the University of Pennsylvania, and The Wistar Institute. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.