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Novavax (NVAX) Announces Receipt of Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for RSV F Vaccine Phase 3

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Novavax (NVAX) Announces Positive Top-Line Data from RSV F Vaccine Phase 2 in Infants

September 29, 2015 6:51 AM EDT

Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) announced positive top-line data from a Phase 2 clinical trial of its RSV F-protein recombinant nanoparticle vaccine candidate (RSV F Vaccine) to protect infants via maternal immunization. Novavax also announced today that it has been awarded a grant of up to $89 million by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support development of the RSV F Vaccine Phase 3 clinical trial in pregnant women, planned to initiate during the first quarter of 2016.

The purpose of the Phase 2 trial was to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the RSV F Vaccine in healthy pregnant... More