Trade Vaxart, Inc. - VXRT stock price

What is Vaxart Inc?

Vaxart Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company established in 2004 and headquartered in south San Francisco, California. Vaxart Bioscience Inc was initially incorporated in California as West Coast Biologicals Inc. However, the name was changed to Vaxart Inc in July 2007 when it was reincorporated in Delaware. The company is developing oral recombinant protein vaccines so that there is no need for needle injection. The oral vaccines are developed with the objective of strengthening the immune responses and offer protection against a variety of infectious diseases. Vaxart product line is composed of tablet vaccines that protect against infectious diseases such as Influenza, Norovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus. The company is also one of the biotechnology companies around the globe that took on the challenge to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 in an effort to stop the pandemic.

During February 2018, the company finished a business combination with Aviragen Therapeutics Inc, which is a publicly traded company. Based on the merger agreement and reorganisation strategies, Vaxart became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aviragen and was renamed Vaxart Biosciences Inc while Aviragen was named Vaxart Inc. The common stock of the company has the symbol “ VXRT” and it is traded on NASDAQ.

Past performance of Vaxart stock price

The price chart shows that for a couple of years Vaxart shares have recorded a declining trend followed by a period with sideways movement. But because of the specificity of the biotechnology industry, in a period of a pandemic when the value of most publicly traded companies depreciates, the Vaxart stock price has recorded a significant increase. The value has soared from as low as $2.67 (£2) up to around $17 (£13) which represents hundreds of per cent increase in value in approximately 30 days. Such a drastic price jump is related to company efforts to find a vaccine for Covid-19.

After the extreme increase in value, the Vaxart stock price experienced a decline forming a downward trend.

How to invest in Vaxart stock

One of the best-known methods to invest in Vaxart stock is to purchase company shares directly on the NASDAQ stock exchange where it is quoted.

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