Novavax to deliver 60 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses to UK for phase 3 trial

US drug developer Novavax Inc said on Friday the UK would buy 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, for a phase 3 clinical trial in the country.

The company and the UK government will collaborate for the trial to assess the efficacy of the vaccine in the UK population, Novavax said in a statement, but did not disclose any financial details of the agreement.

The trial will be a study in about 9,000 adults between 18 years and 85 years of age.

Novavax would partner with Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies for manufacturing the antigen component of its Covid-19