AGC to manufacture adjuvant for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

By The Science Advisory Board staff writers

June 3, 2020 -- AGC Biologics announced it is partnering with Novavax for large-scale good manufacturing practices production of critical components for Novavax's coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373.

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.

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