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Novavax CEO expects filing for COVID-19 vaccine approval in December: paper – Metro US

Novavax CEO expects filing for COVID-19 vaccine approval in December: paper

FILE PHOTO: A small bottle labeled with a “Vaccine” sticker
FILE PHOTO: A small bottle labeled with a “Vaccine” sticker stands near a medical syringe in front of displayed “Coronavirus COVID-19” words in this illustration

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Novavax Inc expects filing for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the United States in December, Chief Executive Stanley Erck said in an interview for Czech daily Hospodarske Noviny, released on Thursday.

The company plans to produce part of the vaccine at its Czech plant, which will give the country access to the product once it is approved, the paper cited Erck as saying.

Novavax said on Monday it had begun enrolling volunteers for the second phase of an ongoing clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, with interim data expected in the fourth quarter of 2020.

(Reporting by Jan Lopatka)