Novavax Awarded Funding from CEPI for COVID-19 Vaccine Development
- CEPI to provide an initial
$4 million to accelerate vaccine development to prepare for Phase 1 - Multiple vaccine candidates being tested in preclinical studies prior to advancing to human trials
- Phase 1 clinical trial expected to initiate in late spring of 2020
“This first stage of funding from CEPI is critical to enable ongoing development of our COVID-19 vaccine candidates,” said
“The current crisis shows that we cannot prevent all infectious diseases from emerging. But we can and must double down on developing vaccines,” said
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Novavax’ patented saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant has demonstrated a potent and well-tolerated effect by stimulating the entry of antigen-presenting cells into the injection site and enhancing antigen presentation in local lymph nodes, boosting immune response.
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