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Are We Prepared for the Next Pandemic Flu Virus? Is a New Universal Vaccine the Answer? Ask Dr. J. Joseph Kim, President and CEO, Inovio Pharmaceuticals

Are We Prepared for the Next Pandemic Flu Virus? Is a New Universal Vaccine the Answer?


History shows that every 50 years there is a major flu pandemic and we are long overdue. Today with air travel and an expanded global population, a pandemic flu would be devastating. Medicine is responding to this pandemic challenge - which every public health official knows is a when, not an if - by working on a new type of vaccine called a universal flu vaccine. Universities, labs and companies around the world are racing to be there first.

Dr. J. Joseph Kim's infectious disease lab is searching for a vaccine that would prevent all strains of flu - a universal flu vaccine. Dr. Kim will discuss the potential for pandemics and how medicine is working with a sense of urgency to meet the next pandemic.

11:30 am Registration and Networking Reception
12:00 pm Lunch Served*
12:30 pm Luncheon Address with Audience Q&A
 1:30 pm Adjourn

Millennium Biltmore Hotel
506 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071

PARKING:
$18 Valet at Hotel, $10 Self-Parking at Pershing Square

For more details and to register online, click here: http://bit.ly/18Nej2f



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