Collaboration, License, and Supply Agreements	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Collaborative Arrangement [Abstract]
Collaboration, License, and Supply Agreements	Collaboration, License, and Supply Agreements As of March 31, 2026, the Company’s material collaborations, license, and supply agreements were as follows: Sanofi In May 2024, Novavax entered into the Sanofi CLA, to co-commercialize the Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine, including future updated versions that address seasonal COVID-19 variants. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company continued to commercialize its COVID-19 Vaccine through the end of the 2024-2025 vaccination season. Beginning in 2025 and continuing during the term of the Sanofi CLA, the Company and Sanofi will commercialize the COVID-19 Vaccine worldwide in accordance with a commercialization plan agreed by the parties, under which Novavax will continue to supply certain of its existing APA customers and strategic partners, including Takeda and SII. Upon completion of the existing APAs, the Company and Sanofi will jointly agree on commercialization activities of each party in each jurisdiction. Sanofi has the right to develop novel influenza-COVID-19 combination vaccines utilizing the Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine and Sanofi’s seasonal influenza vaccine, combination products containing the Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine and one or more non-influenza vaccines, and multiple new vaccines utilizing the Company’s Matrix-M™ adjuvant. The Company is also responsible for performing services related to Sanofi Technology Transfer. Until the successful completion of such transfer, the Company will supply Sanofi with both COVID-19 Vaccine products and Matrix-M™ adjuvant intermediary components for Sanofi’s use and is eligible for reimbursement of such costs from Sanofi. In addition, the Company is responsible for Sanofi Transition Services and, in certain cases, is eligible for reimbursement of such costs from Sanofi. Pursuant to the Sanofi CLA, the Company is eligible to receive development, technology transfer, launch, and sales milestone payments for COVID-19 Vaccine products, COVID-19-Influenza Products (“CIC Products”), and Adjuvant products. The Company is also eligible to receive royalty payments on Sanofi’s sales of such licensed products. The Company is eligible to receive milestone payments totaling up to $350 million in the aggregate with respect to the COVID-19 Vaccine products, of which $75 million due upon completion of the technology transfer of the Company’s manufacturing process for the COVID-19 Vaccine products to Sanofi remains outstanding, and royalty payments in the high teens to low twenties percent on Sanofi’s sales of such licensed products. During the three month period ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized $3.5 million of royalties on Sanofi sales of COVID-19 Vaccine products. The Company is eligible to receive milestone payments totaling up to $350 million in the aggregate with respect to the CIC Products and this total amount is outstanding. The Company is eligible to receive a $125 million milestone payment upon achievement of initiation of a Sanofi CIC Product Phase 3 trial and a $225 million CIC Product-related launch milestone. The Company is eligible to receive royalty payments in the high teens to low twenties percent on Sanofi’s sales of such licensed products. The Company is also eligible to receive development, launch, and sales milestone payments of up to $200 million for each of the first four Adjuvant Products and $210 million for each Adjuvant Product thereafter, and mid-single digit sales royalties for 20 years on Sanofi’s sales of all such licensed products. In addition, a portion of the technology transfer costs and R&D costs incurred by the Company will be reimbursed by Sanofi in accordance with agreed upon plans and budgets. The Sanofi Transition Services and Sanofi Technology Transfer are recognized in revenue over time using an input method to measure progress by utilizing costs incurred to-date relative to total expected costs. Revenue recognized related to Sanofi Transition Services and Sanofi Technology Transfer for the three month period ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 was $45.4 million and $40.3 million, respectively. The Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2026 includes a deferred revenue balance of $4.7 million ($2.2 million included in Deferred revenue, current portion and $2.5 million included in Deferred revenue, non-current portion) related to Sanofi Transition Services and Sanofi Technology Transfer. The Company recognized a cumulative catch-up adjustment related to changes in estimates, which resulted in an increase to revenue of $6.1 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2026. These changes in estimates resulted from changes in total expected costs and changes to estimates of variable consideration from expected cost reimbursements. The Company recognized an asset for $35.0 million of direct costs incurred to obtain the Sanofi CLA. These costs are amortized to expense over the expected period of the benefit in a manner that is consistent with the transfer of the related goods and services in the Sanofi CLA. The Company recognized $0.9 million of amortization expense related to the asset in Selling, general, and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2026, $1.4 million of these costs remain to be amortized. Pfizer In January 2026, the Company entered into a License and Option Agreement with Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) (“Pfizer License Agreement”) for use of the Company’s Matrix-M™ adjuvant. Under the terms of the agreement, Pfizer obtained a non-exclusive license for Matrix-M™ adjuvant for use with Pfizer's products in up to two disease areas (the “Fields”). The agreement provides for an upfront payment of $30 million. The Company is eligible to receive up to an additional $500 million in milestone payments under the Pfizer License Agreement comprised of: (i) up to $70 million in development milestones for each of the Fields; and (ii) up to $180 million in sales milestones for each of the Fields. In addition to the potential milestone payments, the Company is eligible to receive tiered high mid-single digit percentage royalties on quarterly net sales on a product-by-product country-by-country basis. The term of such royalties would extend from the first commercial sale of such product until the later of (i) twenty years or (ii) the product is no longer covered by a valid patent right. The Company has determined that the Pfizer License Agreement represents a contract under ASC 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”) with a single performance obligation: the delivery of a license for Matrix-M™ adjuvant for use with Pfizer's products in up to two disease areas. This performance obligation is considered functional intellectual property and distinct from other promises under the contract as Pfizer can benefit from the license on its own or together with other readily available resources. In addition, the Company will recognize revenue on optional purchases of Matrix-M™ adjuvant upon delivery to Pfizer. The Company determined the initial transaction price at inception of the Pfizer License Agreement to be the $30 million upfront payment, which was recognized upon the delivery of the license in the first quarter of 2026. The Company excluded the development milestones from the transaction price as they were determined to be inherently uncertain of achievement and are highly susceptible to factors outside of the Company’s control. Sales-based royalties and sales-based milestones will be recognized in revenue in the period that sales are made or sales milestones are achieved pursuant to the sales-based royalty exception under ASC 606. The Company will re-evaluate the transaction price in each reporting period as uncertain events are resolved or other changes in circumstances occur. Takeda In April 2025, the Company entered into a collaboration and exclusive license agreement, as amended (“Amended Takeda CLA”), with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) which amended and superseded its collaboration and exclusive license agreement with Takeda, dated February 24, 2021 (“Original Takeda CLA”). The Original Takeda CLA, which granted Takeda an exclusive license to develop, manufacture, and commercialize the COVID-19 Vaccine in Japan, has been amended so that Takeda may develop and commercialize a strain for the COVID-19 Vaccine that is different from the strain that the Company selects for the year, provided such Takeda selected strain must be procured from the Company. Under the Amended Takeda CLA, Takeda will continue to purchase the Company’s Matrix-M™ adjuvant to manufacture doses of finished COVID-19 Vaccine with updated adjuvant forecast and other supply terms. The Company will also perform annual support services for Takeda’s regulatory and commercialization activities (“Takeda Support Services”). In connection with the Amended Takeda CLA, on April 29, 2025, the Company entered into a release agreement with Takeda under which the Company released Takeda and Takeda released the Company from all claims that were asserted or could have been asserted by either party against the other party that related to the Original Takeda CLA and the activities thereunder. On an annual basis, the Company will receive $2.0 million to compensate it for services provided by the Company under the Amended Takeda CLA. If Takeda receives marketing approval of the COVID-19 Vaccine in that year or such approval is not necessary for such year, the Company will receive an additional $8.0 million annual milestone payment, of which $5.0 million is creditable against royalties owed by Takeda in its fiscal year 2025 or thereafter. The Company is eligible to receive a tiered royalty as a percentage of Takeda’s, its affiliates’, and sublicensees’ total net sales in the mid to high-teen percentages (subject to certain capped royalty reductions), commencing on April 1, 2024 and will continue until the later of (a) twenty years after April 29, 2025, (b) all the Company’s know-how licensed under the Amended Takeda CLA has become publicly available through no fault of Takeda, and (c) the expiration of the last valid claim in the intellectual property rights licensed by the Company to Takeda under the Amended Takeda CLA covering COVID-19 Vaccine in Japan. The transaction price excludes annual milestone payments and annual support payments that are not due in the event that the Amended Takeda CLA is terminated by Takeda after the 18-month notice period. Sales-based royalties and annual milestones relate to the license delivered to Takeda for which the Company will recognize revenue in the period that sales are made or annual milestones are achieved pursuant to the sales-based royalty exception under ASC 606. The Company will re-evaluate the transaction price in each reporting period as uncertain events are resolved or other changes in circumstances occur. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized $0.7 million of royalty revenue and $0.1 million for Takeda Support Services. Serum The Company previously granted SII exclusive and non-exclusive licenses for the development, co-formulation, filling and finishing, registration, and commercialization of its COVID-19 Vaccine and its CIC vaccine candidate. SII agreed to purchase the Company's Matrix-M™ adjuvant and the Company granted SII a non-exclusive license to manufacture the antigen drug substance component of the Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine in SII’s licensed territory solely for use in the manufacture of COVID-19 Vaccine. The Company and SII equally split the revenue from SII’s sale of COVID-19 Vaccine in its licensed territory, net of agreed costs. In May 2024, the Company and SLS entered into a supply agreement (the “SLS Supply Agreement”) under which SLS agreed to supply the Company with antigen drug substance and finished COVID-19 Vaccine doses. The SLS Supply Agreement includes the general terms and conditions of supply orders between the Company and SLS. The Company and SLS execute firm purchase orders, which include specific quantities to be delivered under the SLS Supply Agreement. The Company agreed to supply SLS with all Matrix-M™ adjuvant needed to manufacture finished COVID-19 Vaccine doses. In August 2022, the Company and SII entered into an influenza license agreement under which the Company granted SII licenses to develop, manufacture, and commercialize certain vaccine products including influenza vaccine products and influenza and CIC and is obligated for the purchase up to approximately $34 million of certain raw materials under related agreements with SII. In June 2025, the Company announced results of the initial cohort of its clinical study for its influenza and CIC vaccine candidates with the intent of partnering these programs. In March 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with SII that granted SII a non-exclusive license for the use of Matrix-M™ adjuvant supplied by the Company to develop, manufacture, and commercialize R21/Matrix-M™ (“SII R21 Agreement”), a malaria vaccine created by the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford (“R21/Matrix-M™”). In December 2023, R21/Matrix-M™ received prequalification by the World Health Organization (“WHO”). Under the SII R21 Agreement, SII purchases the Company's Matrix-M™ adjuvant for use in development activities at cost and for commercial purposes at a tiered commercial supply price, and pays a royalty in the single-to low- double-digit range based on vaccine sales for a period of 15 years after the first commercial sale of the vaccine in each country.

In May 2024, Novavax entered into the Sanofi CLA, to co-commercialize the Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine, including future updated versions that address seasonal COVID-19 variants. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company continued to commercialize its COVID-19 Vaccine through the end of the 2024-2025 vaccination season. Beginning in 2025 and continuing during the term of the Sanofi CLA, the Company and Sanofi will commercialize the COVID-19 Vaccine worldwide in accordance with a commercialization plan agreed by the parties, under which Novavax will continue to supply certain of its existing APA customers and strategic partners, including Takeda and SII. Upon completion of the existing APAs, the Company and Sanofi will jointly agree on commercialization activities of each party in each jurisdiction. Sanofi has the right to develop novel influenza-COVID-19 combination vaccines utilizing the Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine and Sanofi’s seasonal influenza vaccine, combination products containing the Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine and one or more non-influenza vaccines, and multiple new vaccines utilizing the Company’s Matrix-M™ adjuvant. The Company is also responsible for performing services related to Sanofi Technology Transfer. Until the successful completion of such transfer, the Company will supply Sanofi with both COVID-19 Vaccine products and Matrix-M™ adjuvant intermediary components for Sanofi’s use

The Company is eligible to receive milestone payments totaling up to $350 million in the aggregate with respect to the COVID-19 Vaccine products, of which $75 million due upon completion of the technology transfer of the Company’s manufacturing process for the COVID-19 Vaccine products to Sanofi remains outstanding, and royalty payments in the high teens to low twenties percent on Sanofi’s sales of such licensed products. During the three month period ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized $3.5 million of royalties on Sanofi sales of COVID-19 Vaccine products.

The Sanofi Transition Services and Sanofi Technology Transfer are recognized in revenue over time using an input method to measure progress by utilizing costs incurred to-date relative to total expected costs. Revenue recognized related to Sanofi Transition Services and Sanofi Technology Transfer for the three month period ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 was $45.4 million and $40.3 million, respectively. The Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2026 includes a deferred revenue balance of $4.7 million ($2.2 million included in Deferred revenue, current portion and $2.5 million included in Deferred revenue, non-current portion) related to Sanofi Transition Services and Sanofi Technology Transfer. The Company recognized a cumulative catch-up adjustment related to changes in estimates, which resulted in an increase to revenue of $6.1 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2026. These changes in estimates resulted from changes in total expected costs and changes to estimates of variable consideration from expected cost reimbursements.

The Company recognized an asset for $35.0 million of direct costs incurred to obtain the Sanofi CLA. These costs are amortized to expense over the expected period of the benefit in a manner that is consistent with the transfer of the related goods and services in the Sanofi CLA. The Company recognized $0.9 million of amortization expense related to the asset in Selling, general, and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2026, $1.4 million of these costs remain to be amortized.

In January 2026, the Company entered into a License and Option Agreement with Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) (“Pfizer License Agreement”) for use of the Company’s Matrix-M™ adjuvant. Under the terms of the agreement, Pfizer obtained a non-exclusive license for Matrix-M™ adjuvant for use with Pfizer's products in up to two disease areas (the “Fields”). The agreement provides for an upfront payment of $30 million. The Company is eligible to receive up to an additional $500 million in milestone payments under the Pfizer License Agreement comprised of: (i) up to $70 million in development milestones for each of the Fields; and (ii) up to $180 million in sales milestones for each of the Fields. In addition to the potential milestone payments, the Company is eligible to receive tiered high mid-single digit percentage royalties on quarterly net sales on a product-by-product country-by-country basis. The term of such royalties would extend from the first commercial sale of such product until the later of (i) twenty years or (ii) the product is no longer covered by a valid patent right.

The Company has determined that the Pfizer License Agreement represents a contract under ASC 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”) with a single performance obligation: the delivery of a license for Matrix-M™ adjuvant for use with Pfizer's products in up to two disease areas. This performance obligation is considered functional intellectual property and distinct from other promises under the contract as Pfizer can benefit from the license on its own or together with other readily available resources. In addition, the Company will recognize revenue on optional purchases of Matrix-M™ adjuvant upon delivery to Pfizer.

The Company determined the initial transaction price at inception of the Pfizer License Agreement to be the $30 million upfront payment, which was recognized upon the delivery of the license in the first quarter of 2026. The Company excluded the development milestones from the transaction price as they were determined to be inherently uncertain of achievement and are highly susceptible to factors outside of the Company’s control. Sales-based royalties and sales-based milestones will be recognized in revenue in the period that sales are made or sales milestones are achieved pursuant to the sales-based royalty exception under ASC 606. The Company will re-evaluate the transaction price in each reporting period as uncertain events are resolved or other changes in circumstances occur.

In April 2025, the Company entered into a collaboration and exclusive license agreement, as amended (“Amended Takeda CLA”), with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) which amended and superseded its collaboration and exclusive license agreement with Takeda, dated February 24, 2021 (“Original Takeda CLA”). The Original Takeda CLA, which granted Takeda an exclusive license to develop, manufacture, and commercialize the COVID-19 Vaccine in Japan, has been amended so that Takeda may develop and commercialize a strain for the COVID-19 Vaccine that is different from the strain that the Company selects for the year, provided such Takeda selected strain must be procured from the Company. Under the Amended Takeda CLA, Takeda will continue to purchase the Company’s Matrix-M™ adjuvant to manufacture doses of finished COVID-19 Vaccine with updated adjuvant forecast and other supply terms. The Company will also perform annual support services for Takeda’s regulatory and commercialization activities (“Takeda Support Services”).

On an annual basis, the Company will receive $2.0 million to compensate it for services provided by the Company under the Amended Takeda CLA. If Takeda receives marketing approval of the COVID-19 Vaccine in that year or such approval is not necessary for such year, the Company will receive an additional $8.0 million annual milestone payment, of which $5.0 million is creditable against royalties owed by Takeda in its fiscal year 2025 or thereafter. The Company is eligible to receive a tiered royalty as a percentage of Takeda’s, its affiliates’, and sublicensees’ total net sales in the mid to high-teen percentages (subject to certain capped royalty reductions), commencing on April 1, 2024 and will continue until the later of (a) twenty years after April 29, 2025, (b) all the Company’s know-how licensed under the Amended Takeda CLA has become publicly available through no fault of Takeda, and (c) the expiration of the last valid claim in the intellectual property rights licensed by the Company to Takeda under the Amended Takeda CLA covering COVID-19 Vaccine in Japan. The transaction price excludes annual milestone payments and annual support payments that are not due in the event that the Amended Takeda CLA is terminated by Takeda after the 18-month notice period. Sales-based royalties and annual milestones relate to the license delivered to Takeda for which the Company will recognize revenue in the period that sales are made or annual milestones are achieved pursuant to the sales-based royalty exception under ASC 606. The Company will re-evaluate the transaction price in each reporting period as uncertain events are resolved or other changes in circumstances occur. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized $0.7 million of royalty revenue and $0.1 million for Takeda Support Services.

The Company previously granted SII exclusive and non-exclusive licenses for the development, co-formulation, filling and finishing, registration, and commercialization of its COVID-19 Vaccine and its CIC vaccine candidate. SII agreed to purchase the Company's Matrix-M™ adjuvant and the Company granted SII a non-exclusive license to manufacture the antigen drug substance component of the Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine in SII’s licensed territory solely for use in the manufacture of COVID-19 Vaccine. The Company and SII equally split the revenue from SII’s sale of COVID-19 Vaccine in its licensed territory, net of agreed costs. In May 2024, the Company and SLS entered into a supply agreement (the “SLS Supply Agreement”) under which SLS agreed to supply the Company with antigen drug substance and finished COVID-19 Vaccine doses. The SLS Supply Agreement includes the general terms and conditions of supply orders between the Company and SLS. The Company and SLS execute firm purchase orders, which include specific quantities to be delivered under the SLS Supply Agreement. The Company agreed to supply SLS with all Matrix-M™ adjuvant needed to manufacture finished COVID-19 Vaccine doses. In August 2022, the Company and SII entered into an influenza license agreement under which the Company granted SII licenses to develop, manufacture, and commercialize certain vaccine products including influenza vaccine products and influenza and CIC and is obligated for the purchase up to approximately $34 million of certain raw materials under related agreements with SII. In June 2025, the Company announced results of the initial cohort of its clinical study for its influenza and CIC vaccine candidates with the intent of partnering these programs. In March 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with SII that granted SII a non-exclusive license for the use of Matrix-M™ adjuvant supplied by the Company to develop, manufacture, and commercialize R21/Matrix-M™ (“SII R21 Agreement”), a malaria vaccine created by the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford (“R21/Matrix-M™”). In December 2023, R21/Matrix-M™ received prequalification by the World Health Organization (“WHO”). Under the SII R21 Agreement, SII purchases the Company's Matrix-M™ adjuvant for use in development activities at cost and for commercial purposes at a tiered commercial supply price, and pays a royalty in the single-to low- double-digit range based on vaccine sales for a period of 15 years after the first commercial sale of the vaccine in each country.