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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Organization and Operations | Organization and Operations Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company” or “Inovio”), is a late-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of DNA-based immunotherapies and vaccines that transform the treatment and prevention of cancers and infectious diseases. The Company's DNA-based immunotherapies and vaccines, in combination with its proprietary, efficacy-enabling delivery devices, are intended to generate robust immune responses, in particular functional CD8+ killer T cells and antibodies, to fight target diseases. Inovio’s synthetic products are based on its SynCon® immunotherapy design. The Company and its collaborators are currently conducting or planning clinical programs of its proprietary SynCon® immunotherapies for HPV-caused pre-cancers, including cervical, vulvar, and anal dysplasia; HPV-caused cancers, including head & neck, cervical, anal, penile, vulvar, and vaginal; bladder cancer; glioblastoma multiforme ("GBM"); hepatitis B virus; hepatitis C virus; HIV; Ebola; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS; Lassa fever; and Zika virus. The Company's partners and collaborators include AstraZeneca PLC, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG/Genentech, Inc., ApolloBio Corporation, GeneOne Life Science Inc. ("GeneOne"), The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (“CEPI”), Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (“DARPA”), National Institutes of Health ("NIH"), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (“NIAID”), National Cancer Institute ("NCI"), HIV Vaccines Trial Network ("HVTN"), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, The Wistar Institute, and the University of Pennsylvania. Inovio was incorporated in Delaware in June 2001 and has its principal executive offices in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.

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