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Subsequent Events
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events
Subsequent Events
On April 11, 2018, the Company announced that it has entered into agreements with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ("CEPI"), pursuant to which the Company intends to develop vaccine candidates against Lassa fever and MERS. The goal of the collaboration between the Company and CEPI is to unlock research and development potential so that investigational stockpiles will be ready for clinical efficacy trial testing during potential disease outbreaks. The agreements with CEPI contemplate preclinical studies, as well as Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials, occurring over the next few years. As part of the arrangement between the parties, CEPI has agreed to fund up to an aggregate of $56 million of costs over a five-year period for preclinical studies, as well as planned Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials, to be conducted by the Company and collaborators, with funding from CEPI based on the achievement of identified milestones. The Company's vaccine candidate for Lassa fever will be known as INO-4500 and its vaccine candidate for MERS will be known as INO-4700.