Note 1 - Description of Business

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

1.	Description of Business

GeoVax Labs, Inc. (“GeoVax” or the “Company”), is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing immunotherapies and vaccines against cancer and infectious diseases using a novel vector vaccine platform (Modified Vaccinia Ankara Virus-Like Particle, or “MVA-VLP”). Our recombinant MVA vector expresses target proteins on highly immunogenic VLPs in the person being vaccinated, resulting in durable immune responses while providing the safety characteristics of the replication-deficient MVA vector. Important attributes of GeoVax vaccines include single dose,

adjuvant, durable immunity, extensive safety and cost-effective manufacturing.

Our current development programs are focused on preventive and therapeutic vaccines against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); preventive vaccines against hemorrhagic fever viruses (Ebola, Sudan, Marburg, and Lassa fever), Zika virus and malaria; a therapeutic vaccine for chronic hepatitis B virus infections; and immunotherapies for solid tumor cancers. Our most advanced vaccine program is focused on the clade B subtype of HIV prevalent in the larger commercial markets of the Americas, Western Europe, Japan and Australia; this program is currently undergoing human clinical trials.

Our corporate strategy is to improve health to patients worldwide by advancing our vaccine platform, using its unique capabilities to design and develop an array of products addressing unmet medical needs in the areas of infectious diseases and oncology. Our goal is to advance products through to human clinical testing, and to seek partnership or licensing arrangements for achieving regulatory approval and commercialization. We also leverage

third

party resources through collaborations and partnerships for preclinical and clinical testing with multiple government, academic and corporate entities.

We operate in a highly regulated and competitive environment. The manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products require approval from, and are subject to, ongoing oversight by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States, by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the European Union, and by comparable agencies in other countries. Obtaining approval for a new pharmaceutical product is never certain,

may

take many years and often involves expenditure of substantial resources. Our goal is to build a profitable company by generating income from products we develop and commercialize, either alone or with

one

or more potential strategic partners.

GeoVax is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and our principal offices are located in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia.