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Novavax Awarded $1.6 Billion to Develop US COVID-19 Vaccine

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   The U.S. government has awarded a $1.6 billion contract to Novavax,
   Inc. to develop a coronavirus vaccine.

   The award to the Maryland-based company is the largest to date from the
   government's "Operation Warp Speed" initiative to fast-track the
   development of vaccines and other treatments for COVID-19.
   Chief Executive Stanley Erck said the company aims to begin delivering
   100 million doses of a vaccine in the fourth quarter of this year, an
   endeavor he said that "may be completed by January or February of next
   year."

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