Novavax Inc.'s singular drug development approach to a possible Ebola vaccine may not only help stop the spread of a future pandemic but also reap major bottom-line rewards.
That's what CFO Barclay "Buck" Phillips told me this week after the Gaithersburg-based company announced it planned to begin Phase 1 clinical trials by December. Novavax announced this week at the 8th Vaccine and ISV Conference in Philadelphia that it's the only company targeting the newest strain of the virus which emerged in Guinea this year and has killed thousands in West Africa.