MALVERN, Pa., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novavax, Inc. today announced that it will report its first quarter financial results in a Press Release to be issued after 7:00 a.m. EDT on May 15, 2006. The Company will subsequently hold an investor conference call to discuss its financial results at 10:00 a.m. EDT on May 15, 2006. The call will be hosted by Mr. Gary C. Evans, Chairman of the Board and Dr. Rahul Singhvi, President and CEO of Novavax. Other participants on the call will include senior management of Novavax. A question and answer session will follow the financial results overview. The dial-in number for the conference call is 1-800-599-9795 (International 1-617-786-2905), pass code 23869726.
A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available through http://www.novavax.com. Please connect to this website at least 15 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be needed to hear the webcast. A replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days starting on May 15, 2006 at http://www.novavax.com. A replay of the conference call will also be available by telephone starting on May 15, 2006 at 12:00 noon through May 22, 2006. To access the replay, dial (888) 286-8010 and enter pass code 18031915 followed by the number sign.
About Novavax, Inc.
Novavax is focused on creating differentiated, value-added pharmaceutical and vaccine products and technologies. The company’s technology platforms include the virus-like particle (VLP) manufacturing technology utilizing the baculovirus expression system in insect cells, as well as novel vaccine adjuvants based on Novasomes(R), non-phospholipid vesicles and dendrimer technologies. The company is developing a pandemic flu vaccine against H5N1, H9N2 and other avian influenza viruses and a seasonal flu vaccine against human influenza strains using its VLP and Novasome adjuvant technologies. Novavax’s drug delivery technologies include the micellar nanoparticle (MNP) technology which is the basis for the development of its first FDA-approved product, ESTRASORB(R). In addition to MNP, Novavax drug delivery technologies include Novasomes(R) and Sterisomes(R), solvent and oil free emulsions for subcutaneous depot injection. The company has several products utilizing the MNP technology in various stages of development.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made in this press release that state Novavax’s or management’s intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding usage of cash, product sales, future product development and related clinical trials and future research and development, including FDA approval. Novavax’s actual results could differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, the following: general economic and business conditions; ability to enter into future collaborations with industry partners, competition; unexpected changes in technologies and technological advances; ability to obtain rights to technology; ability to obtain and enforce patents; ability to commercialize and manufacture products; ability to establish and maintain commercial-scale manufacturing capabilities; results of clinical studies; progress of research and development activities; business abilities and judgment of personnel; availability of qualified personnel; changes in, or failure to comply with, governmental regulations; the ability to obtain adequate financing in the future through product licensing, co-promotional arrangements, public or private equity financing or otherwise; and other factors referenced herein. Additional information is contained in Novavax’s annual report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2005 incorporated herein by reference. Statements made herein should be read in conjunction with Novavax’s annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC. Copies of these filings may be obtained by contacting Novavax at 508 Lapp Road, Malvern, PA 19355 Tel 484-913-1200 or the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Novavax, Inc.
CONTACT: Cheryl Marley, Novavax, Inc., +1-484-913-1202,cmarley@novavax.com
Web site: http://www.novavax.com/
