Understanding Vaccines

The human body has a defensive mechanism called "immunity" that prevents disease or makes it less severe when pathogens that have been encountered once enter the body again. Infectious disease vaccines use this mechanism to help maintain good health. By inoculating a vaccine, the human body can have "immunity" against the pathogen that the vaccine responds to.
Diagram to help understand vaccines.
There's a wide variety of vaccines currently in research or available on the market.
Diagram introducing the types of vaccines
Among these, SHIONOGI is advancing the research and development of recombinant protein vaccines. These vaccines work by administering the target protein (also known as the vaccine antigen) alongside an adjuvant, which boosts the vaccine's effectiveness. SHIONOGI's recombinant protein vaccine employs UMN Pharma's BEVS technology.