Dynavax Technologies

Dynavax Technologies is a California-based company in the biotechnology industry with a focus on developing novel vaccines. Its first commercial product was a Hepatitis B vaccine called HEPLISAV-B.It develops its medical solutions using Toll-like Receptor (TLR) technology.

The company entered into a partnership with Clover Biopharmaceuticals, a Chinese biotechnology company, to develop a vaccine candidate for COVID-19. The company's roll in the partnership includes technical expertise as well as CpG 1018, an adjuvant that is used in creating vaccines such as the company's own HEPLISAV-B.

Dynavax Technologies also partnered with Sinovac to combine its adjuvant CpG 1018 with Sinovac's chemically inactivated vaccine candidate for COVID-19.