#Vaxxas
Brisbane biotech Vaxxas secures $3.2m from US medical research body BARDA to develop COVID patch.

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January 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Exciting news! @basemrna.bsky.social and Vaxxas have been awarded the $2M USD Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Patch Forward Concept Stage Prize to develop thermostable needle-free mRNA vaccines.
www.uq.edu.au/news/article...
UQ and Vaxxas win prize to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
UQ’s BASE facility and biotechnology company Vaxxas have been announced as stage winners of a prestigious global prize to accelerate a patch-based mRNA vaccine for COVID-19.
www.uq.edu.au
January 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
We look forward to working with the Vaxxas team to deliver #mRNA vaccines using the microarray patch!
January 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🧪 I was in a phase 1 trial for a UQ COVID vaccine using modified HIV. It never progressed past phase 1 due to false positive tests for HIV, but early results were good (this was before RNA vaccines were released). I’m still #novid but have had other vax too

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UQ and Vaxxas win prize to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
UQ’s BASE facility and biotechnology company Vaxxas have been announced as stage winners of a prestigious global prize to accelerate a patch-based mRNA vaccine for COVID-19.
www.uq.edu.au
January 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Been down this rabbit hole myself. Here’s an Australian Biotech doing needle less vaccine tech: www.vaxxas.com
Vaxxas :: Home
Vaxxas is commercializing a novel needle-free vaccination technology that enhances the performance of existing and next-generation vaccines.
www.vaxxas.com
August 12, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Vaccine makers say splitting up the MMR shot, as Trump's executive order demands, is technically possible but would take years — up to a decade, according to Merck.
Vaccine makers throw cold water on Trump’s push to split MMR vaccines
Vaxxas CEO David Peacock says Trump-ordered MMR vaccine separation could take 10 years. Vaccine consultant Bill Gruber calls it a
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August 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
WearOptimo, Diraq, R. McMahon Watchmakers, Syenta, Hysata and Vaxxas are pushing Australian tech forward with support from ANFF — from biosignal wearables to quantum processors to green hydrogen and needle‑free vaccines.
#NCRIS #Innovation #Fabrication #MedTech #GreenTech #Quantum #Semiconductors
Industry innovations forged through ANFF
ANFF helps its industry partners develop real, usable technologies by giving them access to the right tools and expert support. Across the country, industry leaders are using this support to advance b...
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January 14, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Great to share the story behind our recent paper on needle-free DNA vaccine delivery! Microarray patches like the one being developed by Vaxxas may help unlock the pandemic preparedness potential of DNA vaccines - read more microb.io/48PTJ2l

Manuscript: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Patching up pandemic preparedness: a needle-free approach to influenza vaccination
Chris McMillan and Chloe Entriken of the University of Queensland, Australia, take us behind the scenes of their latest publication&nbsp;<a href="http://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002179">&#39;Improved eff...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Next up, the man the myth the legend Danushka Wijesundara (Vaxxas/UQ) talking about the Superior Efficacy of the High Density Microarray Patch for Delivering a Novel Zika DNA Vaccine Targeting Non-structural Protein 1 (Poster #112). The HD-MAP platform is a game changer for vaccination #AVS12
December 4, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Cheque-in: 5 startups that raised $95.45 million this week

Welcome to our new weekly round-up of Australian startup raises, in a collaboration between Startup Daily and our sister publication, SmartCompany. The last week of August features 5 startups spanning vaccine delivery, logistics and…
Cheque-in: 5 startups that raised $95.45 million this week
Welcome to our new weekly round-up of Australian startup raises, in a collaboration between Startup Daily and our sister publication, SmartCompany. The last week of August features 5 startups spanning vaccine delivery, logistics and cross-border payments, which collectively raised $95.45 million. (A shoutout to our cousins across The Ditch too, where the former Kiwi TikTok boss raised a NZ$3.8 million Seed round for Aether.) Here they are the Australian raises: Vaxxas: $49.2 million Source: Vaxxas Needle-free vaccination delivery scaleup Vaxxas has raised $49.2 million in a Series D, but cut 10% of its workforce, including a clear-out of its executives.
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August 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
UQ and Vaxxas win prize to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine tinyurl.com/2djh2q3s via @uq_news
UQ and Vaxxas win prize to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
UQ’s BASE facility and biotechnology company Vaxxas have been announced as stage winners of a prestigious global prize to accelerate a patch-based mRNA vaccine for COVID-19.
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January 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“Vaxxas is aiming to transform the vaccine market by improving the performance of vaccines and reducing the economic and logistical challenges typically associated with needle-and-syringe vaccination,” www.mpo-mag.com/breaking-new...
Vaxxas Scores New U.S. Patent for its Needle-Free Vaccination Tech
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues a patent to Vaxxas covering manufacturing technology for its microarray patch.
www.mpo-mag.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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By: Prasanna Gullapalli on Monday, December 15, 2025
Vaxxas gains Australia’s TGA licence to manufacture HD microarray patch
Vaxxas has received a manufacturing licence from Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for its high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP).
www.medicaldevice-network.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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By: Biotech IE Research on Monday, August 25, 2025
The patch that could unstick vaccination: Vaxxas’s A$90m bet on needle-free delivery
Brisbane-based Vaxxas has raised ~A$90m (A$49.22m Series D equity plus a A$40m debt facility), extending its cash runway into the second half of 2027, and
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August 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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By: ENDPOINTS on Monday, August 25, 2025
MannKind to buy scPharmaceuticals for up to $360M; Arnatar launches with $52M
Plus, news about Vaxxas, Mid-Atlantic BioTherapeutics, Incyclix Bio and Invivyd.
endpoints.news
August 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Cheque-in: 5 startups that raised $95.45 million this week

Welcome to our new weekly round-up of Australian startup raises, in a collaboration between Startup Daily and our sister publication, SmartCompany. The last week of August features 5 startups spanning vaccine delivery, logistics and…
Cheque-in: 5 startups that raised $95.45 million this week
Welcome to our new weekly round-up of Australian startup raises, in a collaboration between Startup Daily and our sister publication, SmartCompany. The last week of August features 5 startups spanning vaccine delivery, logistics and cross-border payments, which collectively raised $95.45 million. (A shoutout to our cousins across The Ditch too, where the former Kiwi TikTok boss raised a NZ$3.8 million Seed round for Aether.) Here they are the Australian raises: Vaxxas: $49.2 million Source: Vaxxas Needle-free vaccination delivery scaleup Vaxxas has raised $49.2 million in a Series D, but cut 10% of its workforce, including a clear-out of its executives.
nextbusiness24.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
GeoVax announces program to use the Vaxxas Microarray Patch for vaccine delivery.
Approach is particularly useful in areas with limited medical infrastructure.
$GOVX
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GeoVax Announces Research Program to Evaluate Needle-Free, Self-Administered GEO-MVA Vaccine Using Vaxxas Microarray Patch Technology
Study Aims to Validate Thermostable, Self-Administered MVA-Vaccine Platform for Pandemic Preparedness and Global Immunization ATLANTA, GA - July 28, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - GeoVax Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: GO...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM