On July 8, 2024, HilleVax was the subject of a Fierce Biotech article. According to the article, “HilleVax’s stock took a nosedive after the vaccine biotech’s sole clinical-stage candidate failed a phase 2b trial in norovirus-related acute gastroenteritis (AGE).” The article continues, “The virus-like particle-based vaccine, dubbed HIL-214, missed all primary and secondary endpoints of the NEST-IN1 study of more than 2,800 infants aged about five months of age in the U.S. and Latin America.”