Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Plumbline Life Sciences announced a collaboration to co-develop a novel animal health vaccine for African swine fever (ASF) virus. The vaccine will be developed using Inovio's SynCon® technology and delivered using CELLECTRA® efficacy-enabling devices. Plumbline, based in South Korea, will fund all development and commercialization of the ASF vaccine.

Inovio and Plumbline already have a license partnership in animal health fields and Inovio currently holds an approximately 15% equity ownership in Plumbline. As part of this agreement, Inovio will construct and test the ASF vaccine in small animal models. Plumbline will further test the vaccine in larger animal models, including in pig challenge models and further develop to commercialize the vaccine.

Financial arrangements were not disclosed.