Download Novavax Covid 19 Vaccine Effectiveness Gif. The results of the phase 3 trial conducted in the uk demonstrated that novavax's (nvax). Novavax from the us announced that its vaccine achieved 89.3% efficacy and also offered protection against new coronavirus mutations.
The novavax jab is said to be the first vaccine to show in trials it is effective against the new virus variant found in the uk. Us pharma giant merck enters race with acquisition and collab. While the novavax vaccine study is still ongoing, initial results show it is nearly 96% effective against the older coronavirus and nearly 86% effective against the new variant circulating in the uk.
Government is funding a far larger study that's still recruiting volunteers.
Novavax has received $1.6 billion from the federal government to complete development of. Nvax shares up 1058.54% ytd on vaccine hopes, cepi backing. But more preliminary results from a small, separate study in south africa. The efficacy shown against the emerging variants is also extremely encouraging.