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Shares of Inovio Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) fell 25% to $6.85 on April 23 after the company said the U.S. Department of Defense scratched funding for the phase III portion of an ongoing trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, INO-4800, in light of the broad availability of other COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. The news followed recent phase I data showing '4800 performed about in line with already available competitors against SARS-CoV-2 variants now dominant in the U.S.