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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 2, 2009
NOVAVAX, INC.
 
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization) 		  0-26770
(Commission File Number) 		  22-2816046
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
9920 Belward Campus Drive
Rockville, Maryland
(Address of principal executive offices) 		  20850
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (240) 268-2000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 2, 2009, Novavax, Inc. announced clinical results from the first stage of a two-stage pivotal Phase II study evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of the company’s 2009 H1N1 virus-like particle (VLP) pandemic influenza vaccine.
A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information furnished in this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibits 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
Exhibits
  99.1   Press Release of Novavax, Inc., dated December 2, 2009

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized
         
  Novavax, Inc.
(Registrant)
 		  
December 2, 2009  By:   /s/ Frederick W. Driscoll    
    Name:   Frederick W. Driscoll   
    Title:   Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   
 

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