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Organization | Note 1 – Organization Novavax, Inc. (“Novavax,” and together with its wholly owned subsidiary, “Novavax AB” (formerly known as Isconova AB), the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of recombinant nanoparticle vaccines and adjuvants. The Company's product pipeline targets a variety of infectious diseases with vaccine candidates currently in clinical development for respiratory syncytial virus (“RSV”), seasonal influenza and pandemic influenza. The Company has additional pre-clinical stage programs in a variety of infectious diseases, including Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (“MERS”) and the Ebola virus disease (“EVD”).

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