TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Japanese biopharmaceutical firm
Anges Inc 4563.T said on Tuesday it and partner Osaka
University had completed development of a prophylactic DNA
vaccine against the new coronavirus and that it would begin
testing it in animals soon.
Shares of Anges were untraded with a glut of buy orders in
early morning.
There are now more than 350,000 cases of coronavirus
infections globally and over 15,000 deaths resulting from the
disease it causes, called COVID-19.
(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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