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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Dynavax teams up with Sinovac Biotech to develop COVID-19 vaccine

Dynavax (NASDAQ:DVAX) jumps 31% premarket in reaction to its collaboration with Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SVA) to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Specifically, DVAX will contribute its CpG 1018 adjuvant, used in hepatitis B vaccine Heplisav-B, while SVA will contribute its coronavirus vaccine candidate.
An adjuvant is designed to boost the immune response thereby enhancing the effects of the vaccine.
Financial terms are not disclosed.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3561220-dynavax-teams-up-sinovac-biotech-to-develop-covidminus-19-vaccine

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