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Novavax is seeking authorization in the U.K. for its COVID-19 vaccine

Novavax is seeking authorization in the U.K. for its COVID-19 vaccine

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Shares of Novavax Inc. NVAX, -0.27% jumped 8.0% in premarket trading on Wednesday after the company said it began submitting its experimental COVID-19 vaccine for authorization in the U.K. Novavax’s vaccine candidate is protein-based, meaning it’s a different type of vaccine than the mRNA shots developed by BioNTech SE BNTX, -0.86% /Pfizer Inc. PFE, +0.95% and Moderna Inc. MRNA, -1.09% or the ChAdOx1 technology used in the AstraZeneca AZN, +0.79% shots. Novavax’s vaccine came out of clinical trials in the U.K. with an overall efficacy rate of 89.7%.

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