Vaccsys, a company that does vaccine research, has raised $9 million of a planned $18 million round from Alta Partners, Versant Venture Capital and The Column Group.

Vaccsys’s web site is here, although it’s still under construction.

Update: As part of the new funding, Vaccsys is relaunching under a new name, Immune Design, according to VentureWire.

Tags: , , ,