This week kicked off with a bang, as Novavax (NVAX) took another step forward in the COVID-19 vaccine race. On Monday August 17, the biotech announced the start of the Phase 2b trial of NVX-CoV2373, its adjuvanted recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine candidate, in South Africa.The trial is part of a randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled efficacy study and is comprised of two cohorts. Cohort 1 will assess the candidate’s efficacy, safety and immunogenicity in approximately 2,665 healthy volunteers, while the second will evaluate the vaccine in 240 medically stable, HIV-positive adult patients.5-star analyst Mayank Mamtani, of B.Riley FBR, points out that the …read more
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