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Organization | ## Note 1 — Organization Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel recombinant vaccines to address a broad range of infectious diseases. The Company’s goal is to become a profitable vaccine company that is aggressively driving towards development, licensure and commercialization of important vaccines worldwide. The Company’s technology platform is based on proprietary recombinant vaccine technology that includes virus-like particles (“VLPs”) and recombinant nanoparticle vaccines combined with a single-use bioprocessing production system. These vaccine candidates are genetically engineered three-dimensional nanostructures that incorporate immunologically important recombinant proteins. The Company’s product pipeline targets a variety of infectious diseases and its vaccine candidates are currently in or have completed clinical trials that target pandemic influenza (H5N1), seasonal influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (“RSV”). In 2009, the Company formed a joint venture with Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited named CPL Biologicals Private Limited to develop and manufacture vaccines, biological therapeutics and diagnostics in India. The joint venture is owned 20% by the Company and 80% by Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited (see Note 5).

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