Omniose (formerly VaxNewMo) is developing next generation conjugate vaccines against bacterial diseases using its patented conjugating enzyme technology. Their conjugating enzyme technology is faster, more natural, and more reliable than methods used by pharmaceutical companies.

The Omniose bioconjugate vaccine platform enables the precise enzymatic attachment of virtually any bacterial polysaccharide antigen to engineered carrier proteins within a single E. coli cell. Bioconjugation is a much simpler process than conventional chemical conjugation methods and has the potential to produce higher quality vaccines as it retains the natural polysaccharide structure elaborated by a bacterial pathogen.

Previous enzymes used for bioconjugation thus far could only address a limited range of bacterial targets. Omniose is breaking through this barrier by expanding the scope of bacterial vaccines that can be developed, while leveraging the already established benefits of bioconjugation.

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