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Vaxart: BARDA modifies COVID-19 trial award to ~$345M; releases $29M for data analysis
Vaxart, Inc.
- Total BARDA funding reduced ~$116M to ~$345M after 50% participant reduction due to partial termination in Aug 2025.
- Modification releases ~$29M for trial completion and exploratory safety/efficacy analyses.
- Vaxart plans to report 12-month data from 400-participant sentinel cohort in coming weeks; main cohort (5,085) data in H1 2027.
- CEO states modification is necessary step to unblinding and reporting first data set.