VIJAY SAMANT, CEO of Vical, purchased 330,000 shares of Vical (Stock Symbol: VICL) at $1.42 per share for a total amount of $469K on January 10th 2014.
Vical Incorporated is headquartered in San Diego, CA.
On December 17th 2013, Vical Incorporated announced the initiation of its Phase 1/2 trial of the company’s Vaxfectin(TM)-formulated therapeutic vaccine for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), a cause of genital herpes, in approximately 156 subjects. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial will evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy in otherwise healthy HSV-2- infected patients aged 18 to 50 years at six key U.S. clinical sites.
On October 31st 2013, Vical Incorporated reported financial results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013. Revenues were $1.5 million for the third quarter of 2013, compared with $2.2 million for the third quarter of 2012, reflecting ongoing reimbursements from Astellas Pharma Inc. for expenses related to the development of ASP0113 (TransVax™), Vical’stherapeutic vaccine designed to control cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in transplant recipients. The net loss was $9.9 million, or $0.11 per share, for the third quarter of 2013, compared with $7.7 million, or $0.09 per share, for the third quarter of 2012. The increase in net loss was primarily the result of previously disclosed personnel-related restructuring charges of approximately $2.2 million.
According to Capital IQ,Vical Inc. has a market cap of $144 million, an enterprise value of $67 million, and trailing 12 month revenues of $6.9 million.
Vical Incorporated researches and develops biopharmaceutical products based on its deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) delivery technologies for the prevention and treatment of serious or life-threatening diseases. The Company has three active independent clinical and preclinical development programs in the areas of infectious disease and cancer, including a fully enrolled Phase III clinical trial using its Allovectin immunotherapeutic in patients with metastatic melanoma; a completed preclinical program, with an allowed investigational new drug application, using its CyMVectin prophylactic vaccine formulated with its Vaxfectin adjuvant to prevent cytomegalovirus, infection before and during pregnancy, and a preclinical program with therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines for herpes simplex virus type II formulated with its Vaxfectin adjuvant.
Vijay Samant’s most recent annual compensation from Vical Inc. is a salary of $865K and $780K in other compensation. Mr. Samant is 61 years old.
According to the biography, Mr. Vijay B. Samant is President, Chief Executive Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Director of Vical Inc. Vijay B. Samant joined us as President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2000. Previously, he held various positions at Merck from 1977 to 2000. From 1998 to 2000, he was Chief Operating Officer of the Merck Vaccine Division. From 1990 to 1998, he served in the Merck Manufacturing Division as Vice President of Vaccine Operations, Vice President of Business Affairs and Executive Director of Materials Management. From 1977 to 1990, Mr. Samant held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, process engineering, production planning and control, business development and loss prevention in several Merck operating divisions. Mr. Samant holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Bombay, India, an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Columbia University and an S.M. degree from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Mr. Samant became a member of the board of directors of Raptor Pharmaceutical Corporation in 2011. Mr. Samant has been a member of the Board of Trustees for the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea since 2008. Mr. Samant was also a Director of the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation from 2001 to 2010.
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