GOVX is awarded $7.8 million contract.
The base portion of the contract, with a value of $199,442, will support preparatory work for initiation of manufacturing. The contract also includes $7.6 million in additional development options that may be exercised by NIAID, bringing the total potential value of the contract to $7.8 million. The multi-year contract will pay 100% of the manufacturing cost of the DNA vaccine component of GeoVax's HIV vaccine candidate, GOVX-B11.