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GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GOVX), http://www.geovax.com, an Atlanta based biotechnology company, announced their HIV/AIDS vaccine is one of the select few to move forward into Phase 2a human trials by the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), a network supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). GeoVax's AIDS vaccine is believed to be only the fifth [5th] HIV/AIDS vaccine to be selected to move forward into Phase 2a human trials conducted by the HVTN. In contrast, it was approximately HVTN's 65th vaccine evaluated in Phase 1 human trials. Most recently, GeoVax Senior Vice President of Research & Development, Dr. Harriet Robinson, and President, Don Hildebrand, attended a meeting with key HTVN officials in Seattle, Washington to plan and prepare necessary documents for the next phase of testing of GeoVax's promising HIV/AIDS vaccine, namely Phase 2a human trials designated as Protocol # HVTN 205. Attended by over 20 HVTN personnel and key GeoVax personnel, this event included individuals instrumental in organizing and implementing human clinical trials designed to evaluate the GeoVax HIV/AIDS vaccine. The newly planned Phase 2 trials are tentatively scheduled to start mid-2008 and will involve up to 500 participants at several locations in the USA. "We are delighted that our HIV/AIDS vaccine has been selected to move forward into Phase 2 trials. Our vaccine continues to demonstrate the promise of not only being safe but also effective at eliciting potentially protective immune responses," stated Dr Harriet Robinson, Senior Vice President, Research & Development at GeoVax. "GeoVax is extremely pleased to have passed the significant hurdles required to move into Phase 2 trials. Only a handful of AIDS vaccines have reached the Phase 2 level of clinical evaluation with the HVTN, including the previously failed vaccines of Vaxgen and Merck," stated GeoVax President, Don Hildebrand. GeoVax has completed two Phase 1 human trials evaluating its AIDS vaccines with excellent results and has three additional human trials currently underway. Due to promising results from these five trials the HVTN is pushing forward with plans for critically important and larger Phase 2 human trials. GeoVax AIDS vaccine technology and composition are significantly different than the Merck & Co. Inc. AIDS vaccines that recently had their human trials halted due to safety and effectiveness concerns.
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