Shares in Vaxart veer upwards on Warp Speed selection

29 June 2020
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Shares in US biotech Vaxart (Nasdaq: VXRT) were gaining further on Monday following Friday’s 28% leap.

The company had announced on Friday that its COVID-19 vaccine has been selected for a non-human primate challenge study, organized and funded by Operation Warp Speed, a US program to provide substantial quantities of safe, effective vaccine for Americans by January 2021.

"Our vaccine is a room temperature-stable tablet, an enormous logistical advantage in large vaccination campaigns"This study is designed to demonstrate the efficacy of Vaxart’s oral COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

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