Organization and Business

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization and Business

Organization and Business

Novavax, Inc. (“Novavax,” and together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, the “Company”) is a biotechnology company that promotes improved global health through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. The Company’s coronavirus vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, and its lead influenza vaccine candidate, a quadrivalent influenza vaccine, previously known as NanoFlu, are genetically engineered, three-dimensional nanostructures of recombinant proteins critical to disease pathogenesis and may elicit differentiated immune responses, which may be more efficacious than naturally occurring immunity or traditional vaccines. NVX-CoV2373 and the Company’s influenza vaccine include the use of the Company's proprietary Matrix-M™ adjuvant.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had received approval, interim authorization, provisional approval, conditional marketing authorization, and emergency use authorization (“EUA”) from multiple regulatory authorities globally for NVX-CoV2373, including by the World Health Organization (“WHO”), as well as the European Medicines Agency's (“EMA”) and the United Kingdom's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”), both of which are considered regulatory authorities that apply stringent standards and meet the WHO standards for quality, safety, and efficacy in their regulatory review process.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company commenced commercial shipments of NVX-CoV2373 doses, under the brand name, Nuvaxovid™.