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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-14-042172
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140612
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140617
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140617

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NOVAVAX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001000694
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				222816046
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20 FIRSTFIELD ROAD
		CITY:			GAITHERSBURG
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20878
		BUSINESS PHONE:		240-268-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20 FIRSTFIELD ROAD
		CITY:			GAITHERSBURG
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20878

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Herrmann John A III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001610928

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26770
		FILM NUMBER:		14926490

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NOVAVAX, INC.
		STREET 2:		20 FIRSTFIELD ROAD
		CITY:			GAITHERSBURG
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20878
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        <footnote id="F1">This option is exercisable in four equal annual installments. The first installment became exercisable on April 15, 2011, and the next three installments became exercisable on April 15, 2012, April 15, 2013, and April 15, 2014.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option is exercisable in four equal annual installments. The first installment became exercisable on March 10, 2012, the next two installments became exercisable on March 10, 2013 and March 10, 2014, and the next installment becomes exercisable on March 10, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option is exercisable in four equal annual installments. The first installment became exercisable on March 1, 2013, the next installment became exercisable on March 1, 2014, and the next two installments become exercisable on March 1, 2015 and March 1, 2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This option is exercisable in four equal annual installments. The first installment became exercisable on March 2, 2014, and the next three installments become exercisable on March 2, 2015, March 2, 2016, and March 2, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This option is exercisable in four equal annual installments. The first installment becomes exercisable on March 6, 2015, and the next three installments become exercisable on March 6, 2016, March 6, 2017, and March 6, 2018.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ John A. Herrmann III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-06-17</signatureDate>
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<PRE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Stanley C. Erck and Barclay A. Phillips, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Novavax, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5
and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with, or the undersigned's liability under, Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the date written below.

Signature: /s/ John A. Herrmann III

Print Name:  John A. Herrmann III

Print Date:  June 17, 2014

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