Novax could have one of the most-effective COVID-19 vaccines

Novavax (Gaithersburg, Md.) may not be the best-known vaccine developer, but its COVID-19 vaccine offers performance in line with those from Moderna and Pfizer.

Its vaccine was 96.4% effective at preventing COVID-19 caused by the original strain of the virus in a Phase 3 study. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines offered efficacy in the mid-90% range in similar studies.

But the efficacy of the Novavax NVX–CoV23 vaccine dipped to 86.3% when it came to protecting against the U.K. variant (B.1.1.7).