AGC will manufacture Matrix-M, the adjuvant component of the vaccine candidate that helps enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies. The vaccine candidate is a prefusion protein made using Novavax's proprietary nanoparticle technology.

AGC plans to optimize process development for rapid scale-up of Matrix-M to increase Novavax's capacity to deliver doses of the vaccine this year. Phase I clinical trial results for NVX-CoV2373 are expected in July.

Intravacc, EpiVax partner for COVID-19 vaccine
Intravacc and EpiVax have entered a collaborative agreement to further develop a novel vaccine against COVID-19 based on Intravacc's proprietary outer...

AGC acquires commercial manufacturing facility
Contract development and manufacturing organization AGC Biologics has purchased a large-scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Boulder, CO.

Codiak partners with Ragon Institue for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine platform
Codiak BioSciences has entered into a strategic collaboration with the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts Institute...

Online tool tracks COVID-19 vaccine development
A new interactive online tool to track the progress of coronavirus vaccine candidates currently under development has been published by the University...

AGC to manufacture Takara Bio's COVID-19 vaccine
In the fight against COVID-19, AGC Biologics, a contract development and manufacturing organization, is partnering with Takara Bio to manufacture plasmid...