CEPI Expands its Investment in the Development of Vaccine Against COVID-19

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• CEPI to provide $4.4M to Novavax & the University of Oxford for accelerating the development of vaccines against COVID-19. CEPI has invested up to $23.7M in R&D of COVID-19 vaccines
• Novavax is assessing multiple nanoparticle vaccine candidates to identify the best candidates for clinical studies. CEPI will provide the initial funding to Novavax for the initiation of P-I study, which is expected to be initiated in H1’20
• The company has developed the vaccine candidates using its recombinant protein nanoparticle technology to generate antigens derived from the coronavirus spike protein and is expected to utilize its Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance the immune response of vaccine candidates

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