Published: Apr 23, 2021 Vaccine candidate demonstrates high efficacy at 77% in a study of children aged 5-17 months conducted in Africa Novavax' Matrix-M™ adjuvant used in combination with University of Oxford malaria vaccine candidate, R21, and developed in collaboration with Serum Institute of India Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate safety and efficacy begun in 4,800 participants aged 5-36 months GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced the pre-print publication of data from a Phase 2b clinical trial in children demonstrating 77 percent efficacy for a malaria vaccine candidate, R21, created by the University of Oxford that includes Novavax' Matrix-M™ adjuvant and is licensed to Serum Institute of India (SII). Published online in