Novavax on Friday erased doubts about its ability to remain in business and struck a licensing deal worth up to $1.2 billion with Sanofi for COVID-19 vaccines in exchange for a stake that doubles the U.S. drugmaker's market value. In February last year, Novavax raised doubts about its business viability after missing out on the COVID-19 vaccine windfall due to manufacturing issues that delayed filing for regulatory approval. Novavax said it would co-commercialize its COVID-19 vaccine with French drugmaker Sanofi and develop new COVID-19-influenza combination vaccines using Novavax's Matrix-M adjuvant.
Sanofi and Novavax announce co-exclusive licensing agreement to co-commercialize COVID-19 vaccine and develop novel flu-COVID-19 combination vaccines Agreement provides patients with broader access to a protein-based non-mRNA adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine through combined commercial strength, from 2025 onwards Accelerates potential for development of a novel flu-COVID-19 combination product based on authorized vaccines with demonstrated efficacy and tolerability, potentially offering patients enha
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a global company advancing protein-based vaccines with its Matrix-M™ adjuvant, has entered into a co-exclusive licensing agreement with Sanofi (Nasdaq: SNY).