Vaxart receives $9.27M BARDA project award for Phase 2B trial on oral pill

Vaxart announced that the United States Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, BARDA, has awarded the Company $9.27 million to fund preparation for a 10,000 subject Phase 2b clinical study evaluating Vaxart’s oral pill XBB COVID-19 vaccine candidate against an approved mRNA vaccine comparator. “We are very honored to receive this BARDA award, which will support the innovative approach of our oral pill vaccine platform,” said Dr. Michael Finney, Vaxart’s Interim Chief Executive Officer. “We believe our oral pill vaccine platform may ultimately hold the promise of revolutionizing how we fight pandemics and how we vaccinate against several infectious diseases. Our team is very excited about this contract, which allows us to prepare to move forward with our oral COVID vaccine program, together with BARDA.”