Vaxart, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in the discovery and development of oral recombinant protein vaccines based on its proprietary oral vaccine platform. The company's product pipeline includes norovirus vaccine, an oral tablet vaccine, which is in a Phase Ib clinical trial with bivalent oral tablet vaccine for the GI.1 and GII.4 norovirus strains; seasonal influenza vaccine, which is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of H1 influenza infection; respiratory syncytial virus vaccine; and coronavirus vaccine, which completed Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection. It is also developing therapeutic vaccines for cervical cancer and dysplasia caused by human papillomavirus. Vaxart, Inc. has a research collaboration agreement with Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V. (Janssen) to evaluate the company's proprietary oral vaccine platform for the Janssen universal influenza vaccine program. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
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12/29/2021 | $13.00 → $12.00 | Buy | Jefferies |
11/2/2021 | $15.00 | Overweight | Cantor Fitzgerald |
6/30/2021 | $13.00 → $9.00 | Buy → Neutral | B. Riley Securities |
6/29/2021 | $13.00 → $9.00 | Buy → Neutral | B. Riley Securities |
6/24/2021 | $13.00 | Buy | Jefferies |
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. ("Vaxart") (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced an underwritten offering of 50,000,000 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $0.80 per share, which is a premium to the last closing price of $0.75 per share. Gross proceeds to Vaxart from the offering are expected to be $40 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Vaxart. The offering is expected to close on or about June 17, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. Oppenheimer & Co. is acting as sole bookrunner for the offering. The securities were offered by Vaxart pursuant to an effec
— 10,000-subject Phase 2b study will evaluate Vaxart's next generation oral pill COVID-19 vaccine against an approved mRNA vaccine comparator — — Vaxart anticipates initiating enrollment as early as summer 2024 — SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) announced today that it received a project award valued at up to $453 million through the Rapid Response Partnership Vehicle (RRPV). The RRPV is a Consortium funded by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funds will be
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) (the "Company" or "Vaxart") today announced that on May 17, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted inducement equity awards covering an aggregate of 22,500 shares of its common stock to one new non-executive employee to induce him to accept employment with Vaxart. The awards made are as follows: (i) an option to purchase 15,000 shares of Vaxart's common stock, which vests as to 1/4th of the total shares on the one-year anniversary of the grant date of May 17, 2024, and as to 1/48th of the total shares on each month thereafter, and has a per share exercise price equal to the
Positive results from Phase 1 norovirus study in lactating mothers indicate the potential of Vaxart's oral pill vaccine candidate to protect or reduce the effect of the disease in infants Expects to initiate Phase 2b study evaluating Vaxart's oral pill XBB COVID-19 vaccine against an approved mRNA vaccine comparator as early as the second quarter of 2024 Anticipates meeting with the FDA in mid-2024 to evaluate clinical data and discuss next steps for its norovirus program Conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced its business update and financial results for the first quart
Conference call to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced it will provide a business update and report financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 after the market close on Monday, May 13, 2024. The Vaxart senior management team will host a conference call on the same day, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. The conference call can be accessed using the following information: Webcast: Click hereDate: Monday, May 13, 2024 – 4:30 p.m. ETDomestic: (877) 407-0832International: (201) 689-8433Conference ID: 13745591 Investors may submit written questions in advance of the conferenc
Antibody rise observed in lactating mothers and in their breast milk Long-term goal is to provide protection to infants through passive antibody transfer SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced that it has completed the topline analysis for the Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating Vaxart's oral pill bivalent norovirus vaccine candidate. The trial was focused on lactating mothers. Antibodies to norovirus rose on average 4.0 fold for the G1.1 virus strain and 6.0 fold for the GII.4 virus strain in the breast milk of lactating mothers who received the Vaxart vaccine candidate in the high dose group. There were no vaccine
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced that Dr. Sean Tucker, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, will present at the World Vaccine Congress Washington 2024 in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The Company has appeared repeatedly at the annual event in Washington, D.C. Presentation Information: Title: Moving the needle: Blocking transmission and boosting existing vaccines by oral tablet vaccinationSpeaker: Dr. Sean TuckerDate: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Time: 3:10 p.m. ETRoom: 207A About VaxartVaxart is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a range of oral recombinant vaccines based on its proprie
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) (the "Company" or "Vaxart") today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved certain equity awards to the Company's new President and Chief Executive Officer, Steven Lo, effective March 18, 2024. The awards were made pursuant to the Company's previously disclosed offer letter with Mr. Lo, and as a material inducement to his joining the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. The awards made to Mr. Lo are as follows: (i) an option to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Vaxart's common stock, which vests as to 1/4th of the t
Significant progress made in preparing for a Phase 2b study evaluating Vaxart's oral pill XBB COVID-19 vaccine against an approved mRNA vaccine comparator Topline data from Phase 1 norovirus study in lactating mothers expected in mid-2024 Steven Lo appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member Conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced its business update and financial results for the full year 2023. "We are excited to welcome Steve Lo as Vaxart's President and Chief Executive Officer. Steve brings extensive biopharma leadership experience, and we look forwar
Michael J. Finney, Ph.D. to Continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) (the "Company" or "Vaxart") today announced that it has appointed Steven Lo as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective as of March 18, 2024. Mr. Lo is a highly experienced biopharma executive with over 25 years of experience in the healthcare, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries, including over 12 years of C-level experience in publicly traded biotech companies. Michael J. Finney, Ph.D. will step down as interim Chief Executive Officer and will continue to serve as Ch
Non-executive director to bring extensive life science industry and finance experience SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced that W. Mark Watson was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, effective August 4, 2022. Mr. Watson will become Chair of the Company's Audit Committee, effective October 1. Robert A. Yedid, a member of the Board and the Audit Committee, was appointed Interim Chairperson of the Audit Committee, to serve until Mr. Watson becomes Chair. "We are very excited to welcome Mark to the Board, whose skills and experience will help us advance our strategy to develop potentially transformative oral pi
Pharmaceutical Industry Veteran Brings Broad Legal Expertise to Vaxart Senior Management Team SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced the appointment of Edward B. Berg as the Company's first in-house General Counsel, effective today. Mr. Berg has practiced law for more than 30 years and has represented Fortune 500 and mid-cap companies in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and life sciences. He joins Vaxart from BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., where he served as VP, Deputy General Counsel since 2018. "Ed has more than 25 years of experience advising biotech and pharma companies, and we are excited to benefit from his acumen as
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT), today announced the appointment of James F. Cummings, M.D., as the Company's Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Dr. Cummings is a Board-Certified Infectious Diseases Physician with extensive experience in vaccine, drug and diagnostics development. He joins Vaxart as the Company prepares to begin its Phase II clinical trials for COVID-19 with an oral tablet formulation. "We are excited to have a professional of Dr. Cummings' caliber join Vaxart at this pivotal time to advance our COVID-19 and nor
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing oral recombinant vaccines that are administered by tablet rather than by injection, today announced the appointment of David Wheadon, M.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Wheadon is a health policy leader and physician with more than three decades of global experience in the pharmaceutical industry coordinating the interests of public companies, trade groups and regulators. "We welcome Dr. Wheadon to our Board of Directors," said Andrei Floroiu, chief executive officer of Vaxart. "His significant experience working in multi-national regulatory envir
Jefferies resumed coverage of Vaxart with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $12.00 from $13.00 previously
Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage of Vaxart with a rating of Overweight and set a new price target of $15.00
B. Riley Securities downgraded Vaxart from Buy to Neutral and set a new price target of $9.00 from $13.00 previously
B. Riley Securities downgraded Vaxart from Buy to Neutral and set a new price target of $9.00 from $13.00 previously
Jefferies initiated coverage of Vaxart with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $13.00
Piper Sandler initiated coverage of Vaxart with a rating of Overweight and set a new price target of $18.00
B. Riley resumed coverage of Vaxart with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $13.00 from $16.00 previously
Positive results from Phase 1 norovirus study in lactating mothers indicate the potential of Vaxart's oral pill vaccine candidate to protect or reduce the effect of the disease in infants Expects to initiate Phase 2b study evaluating Vaxart's oral pill XBB COVID-19 vaccine against an approved mRNA vaccine comparator as early as the second quarter of 2024 Anticipates meeting with the FDA in mid-2024 to evaluate clinical data and discuss next steps for its norovirus program Conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced its business update and financial results for the first quart
Conference call to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced it will provide a business update and report financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 after the market close on Monday, May 13, 2024. The Vaxart senior management team will host a conference call on the same day, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. The conference call can be accessed using the following information: Webcast: Click hereDate: Monday, May 13, 2024 – 4:30 p.m. ETDomestic: (877) 407-0832International: (201) 689-8433Conference ID: 13745591 Investors may submit written questions in advance of the conferenc
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced it will provide a business update and report financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2023 after the market close on Thursday, March 14, 2024. The Vaxart senior management team will host a conference call on the same day, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. The conference call can be accessed using the following information: Webcast: Click hereDate: Thursday, March 14, 2024 – 4:30 p.m. ETDomestic: (877) 407-0832International: (201) 689-8433Conference ID: 13744368 Investors may submit written questions in advance of the conference call to [email protected]. A repla
Norovirus challenge study topline results indicate the potential of Vaxart's oral pill vaccine candidate to reduce rates of norovirus infection, norovirus acute gastroenteritis and viral shedding Clinical proof of concept for the Company's oral pill vaccine platform now established in two human challenge studies for norovirus and influenza Conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced its business update and financial results for the third quarter of 2023. "During the third quarter, we took important steps toward validating our mucosal vaccine platform with the release of topline data from
Conference call to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced it will provide a business update and report financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023 after the market close on Thursday, November 2, 2023. The Vaxart senior management team will host a conference call on the same day, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. The conference call can be accessed using the following information: Webcast: Click hereDate: Thursday, November 2, 2023 – 4:30 p.m. ETDomestic: (877) 407-0832International: (201) 689-8433Conference ID: 13741880 Investors may submit written questions in advance of the conferen
Study met 5 of 6 primary endpoints Vaccine was safe and well tolerated with no vaccine-related serious adverse events (SAEs) Vaccination led to a statistically significant reduction in infection rate, a non-statistically significant reduction in norovirus acute gastroenteritis (AGE), and a substantial reduction in viral shedding Conference call today at 5:00 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced top-line data from the Phase 2 challenge study of its oral tablet monovalent norovirus vaccine candidate (NCT05212168). The Phase 2 challenge study enrolled 165 healthy adults, who were randomized 1:1 to receive Vaxa
Conference call to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced it will provide a business update and report financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 after the market close on Thursday, August 3, 2023. The Vaxart senior management team will host a conference call on the same day, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. The conference call can be accessed using the following information: Webcast: Click hereDate: Thursday, August 3, 2023 – 4:30 p.m. ETDomestic: (877) 407-0832International: (201) 689-8433Conference ID: 13739413 Investors may submit written questions in advance of the conference call
On track to report key top line data from two Phase 2 norovirus vaccine studies mid-year and in Q3 2023 Continue to anticipate cash runway into Q2 2024 Conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced its business update and financial results for the first quarter of 2023. "During the first quarter, we continued to advance our norovirus oral pill vaccine program and remain on track to report two important clinical data readouts in 2023," said Andrei Floroiu, Vaxart's Chief Executive Officer. "Norovirus represents a significant public health issue with no approved vaccine, and it places a treme
Conference call to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) today announced it will provide a business update and report financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 after the market close on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The Vaxart senior management team will host a conference call on the same day, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. The conference call can be accessed using the following information: Webcast: Click hereDate: Thursday, May 4, 2023 – 4:30 p.m. ETDomestic: (888) 272-8703International: (713) 481-1320Conference ID: 13737884 A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's web
Prioritizing oral bivalent norovirus candidate, one of the most advanced norovirus vaccines in development Will continue preclinical development of novel COVID-19 vaccine constructs to enhance cross-reactivity and potency with the goal of developing a pan-betacoronavirus vaccine Portfolio prioritization extends cash runway into Q2 2024 Conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxart, Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) issued its business update today for the full year 2022, during which Vaxart announced it is prioritizing development of the Company's bivalent norovirus candidate. "After completing six norovirus clinical trials, we are encou