Vaxcyte

PCVX

Biotech

Health Care

Pharma

Country

US

Industry

Health Care

Market Cap

Mid Cap

Num. Employees

158

IPO Date

Jun 12, 2020

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Vaxcyte, Inc. engages in the development of vaccines for infectious diseases. The company is headquartered in San Carlos, California and currently employs 158 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-06-12. The firm develops conjugate and protein vaccines to prevent or treat bacterial infectious diseases. Its synthetic techniques include advanced chemistry and the XpressCF cell-free protein synthesis platform, licensed from Sutro Biopharma, Inc., or Sutro Biopharma. Its pipeline includes Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), VAX-A1, VAX-PG and VAX-GI. Its lead vaccine candidate, VAX-24, is a 24-valent investigational PCV being developed for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). Its second PCV candidate, VAX-31, is designed to prevent IPD. population. VAX- 24 is intended to improve upon the standard-of-care PCV vaccines for both children and adults. VAX-A1 is a conjugate vaccine candidate designed to prevent disease caused by Group A Streptococcus or Group A Strep. VAX-PG is a protein vaccine candidate targeting the keystone pathogen responsible for periodontitis. VAX-GI is a vaccine program designed to prevent Shigella.