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:: Vaxart Awarded $13.98 Million HHS-BARDA Contract to Support Advanced Development of Influenza Tablet Vaccine
Contract to fund series of pre-clinical and clinical studies including a Phase 2 efficacy trial
October 28, 2015
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vaxart, Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing oral recombinant vaccines that are administered by tablet rather than by injection, today announced that it was awarded a $13.98 million contract by the Office of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.

The two-year contract was awarded under a Broad Agency Announcement issued to support the advanced development of more effective and universal influenza vaccines to improve seasonal and pandemic influenza preparedness. The contract will primarily fund a Phase 2 challenge study in human volunteers, designed to evaluate whether the Vaxart tablet vaccine offers broader and more durable protection than currently marketed injectable vaccines. Additionally, through a series of preclinical and clinical studies, Vaxart will seek to demonstrate broad cross-protective immunity of its tablet vaccine against drifted and divergent influenza strains…