Will Big Pharma Acquire Novavax?
Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) has had a phenomenal year in 2020. The mid-cap opened in January as a micro-cap, starting off the year at $4 a share. Nine months later, its shares are trading hands for $113. That's a remarkable upgrade in valuation.
Novavax is a vaccine specialist, and the demand for vaccines has increased dramatically because of COVID-19. This virus has done trillions of dollars' worth of economic damage and has killed at least a million people worldwide. Most of humanity is going to need to be vaccinated, and governments are already paying billions to make that happen.
Let's look at why a major pharmaceutical company might want to acquire Novavax.
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