News
Dec 2023

USDA APHIS Announces Major Award to PlantPharm BioMed to Develop Edible COVID Vaccine for Animals

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded PlantPharm BioMed, Ltd. of Delavan, Wisconsin more than $900,000 to develop an edible vaccine deliverable via feeding stations for wild animals, feed rations for farmed animals, or vaccine-treats for pets — part of the One Health Initiative.

Apr 2024

Research on Plant-Based SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine to Be Presented at One Health Symposium

Dr. Richard Matner presented a research poster, “Plant-based, Feed-delivered SARS-CoV-2 Animal Vaccine,” at the International Symposium on One Health Research in Galveston, TX, building on a successful FDA-authorized human clinical trial of an orally administered plant-based Hepatitis B vaccine.

May 2022

Innovations: PlantPharm BioMed Seeks to Combat Viruses with Plant-Based, Edible Vaccines

Coverage by Ashley Smart, originally published by BizTimes.

Events
Jun 2024

BIO International Convention Past

San Diego, CA — described as the largest and most comprehensive event for biotechnology, with over 20,000 industry leaders in attendance.

May 2024

73rd Annual James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Humans Past

College Station, TX — sponsored by the Texas DSHS Zoonosis Control Branch and Texas Health Institute; Dr. Matner discussed the pelletized feed vaccine for COVID-19 in white-tailed deer.

Apr 2024

UTMB One Health Symposium Past

Galveston, TX — “Improving Food Security and Resilience.”

Apr 2025

World Vaccine Congress Washington Past

Washington, D.C. — Richard Matner, Ph.D. discussed the pelletized feed vaccine for COVID-19 in farmed and migratory animals.

[CLIENT CONTENT NEEDED] — any conference appearances or news planned for 2025–2026.