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Mar. 31, 2020
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Organization	Note 1 – Organization Novavax, Inc. (“Novavax,” and together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Novavax AB, the “Company”) is a late-stage biotechnology company that promotes improved global health through the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases and address urgent, global health needs.The Company's vaccine candidates, including its lead candidates, NanoFluTM and ResVaxTM , and its recent coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, 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. The Company's technology targets a variety of infectious diseases. The Company is also developing proprietary immune stimulating saponin-based adjuvants at Novavax AB, its wholly owned Swedish subsidiary. The Company's lead adjuvant, Matrix-M(TM), has been shown to enhance immune responses and has been well-tolerated in multiple clinical trials.

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Mar. 31, 2020

Note 1 – Organization

Novavax, Inc. (“Novavax,” and together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Novavax AB, the “Company”) is a late-stage biotechnology company that promotes improved global health through the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases and address urgent, global health needs.The Company's vaccine candidates, including its lead candidates, NanoFluTM and ResVaxTM , and its recent coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, 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. The Company's technology targets a variety of infectious diseases. The Company is also developing proprietary immune stimulating saponin-based adjuvants at Novavax AB, its wholly owned Swedish subsidiary. The Company's lead adjuvant, Matrix-M(TM), has been shown to enhance immune responses and has been well-tolerated in multiple clinical trials.