Vaxart Stock Is Surging As Its Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Can Potentially Trigger Immunity Against Variants
Vaxart Inc (NASDAQ: VXRT) has announced new data from the Phase 1 trial evaluating its oral COVID-19 vaccine candidate, dubbed as VXA-CoV2-1.
Data obtained showed substantial CD8+ T-cell responses against SARS-Cov-2 and showed cross-reactivity against diverse endemic coronaviruses such as 229E, NL63, HKU1, and OC43.
In a comparative experiment, Phase 1 study data was compared to T-cell responses from volunteers subsequently vaccinated with the Moderna Inc’s (NASDAQ: MRNA) or Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) - BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) vaccines, indicating the mRNA vaccines induced fewer T-cell responses.
“The strength of T-cell responses against both S and N proteins, which we targeted, leads us to believe that VXA-CoV2-1 offers a promising solution to variants,” said Dr. Sean Tucker, chief scientific officer at Vaxart.
Price Action: VXRT shares up 17.5% at $9.42 in the premarket session on the last check Tuesday.
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This is far too preliminary to justify such a surge in stock price. The headline says it all: it “COULD” protect against variants, but that's far from guaranteed. It's only in phase 1. It has phase 2 and phase 3 to hurdle before it can even be sold.
Agreed. Time will bring it down like every other biotech in its history. Companies love to try to pump up the stock price with announcements like this.
Yep! And the next pump is going to be bigger than the last. And when it sells off….that’s when you buy it. That’s how we money right? Vaxart will be popping quite a bit this year. Phase 2 will be announced any day now. Hope you are loaded…..I know I am! Happy trading