You already know that Greater Washington is home to some of the bioscience companies that helped create and manufacture Covid-19 vaccines. Gaithersburg’s Novavax Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX) has its own promising vaccine candidate that is currently in Phase 3 trials, which so far have found more than 90% efficacy against the virus and has included testing against its variants. Sseveral other local companies are playing a role in manufacturing vaccines, including Vigene Biosciences, the recently acquired Rockville company working with Altimmune Inc. (NASDAQ: ALT) of Gaithersburg to make the latter’s vaccine; and Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NASDAQ: EBS), which is working with Johnson & Johnson to produce its Covid vaccine — though that Gaithersburg company’s Covid vaccine manufacturing journey has been rocky.
But you may not realize just how many other companies and organizations located right in our backyard played roles in Covid-19 vaccine research and production. The truly global effort is…
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