GeoVax Labs, Inc. ( GOVX ) shares are trading higher Thursday on continued momentum from last week.

What To Know: GeoVax Labs ( GOVX ) received a BARDA Project NextGen award to conduct a study evaluating its COVID-19 vaccine candidate GEO-CM04S1.

According to Yahoo Finance, GeoVax ( GOVX ) will sponsor a Phase 2b study, containing 10,000 participants, to compare the efficacy and safety of GeoVax’s novel vaccine to a already FDA approved mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

The monetary award to GeoVax ( GOVX ), which will support necessary preparations for the clinical trial, is about $24.3 million. The award may increase later to a maximum of $45 million.

BARDA will fund the execution of the clinical trial separately. The funding for the execution is approximately $343 million.

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GOVX Price Action: At the time of writing, GeoVax Labs ( GOVX ) stock is moving 102% higher at $4.08, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

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