Could cancer vaccines become a reality? Here’s what experts sayA cancer vaccine could be a reality in a few years, according to the co-founders of BioNTech, a German company, which also manufactured the...
20 Oct, 2022, 10.19 PM IST
Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech for patent infringement over COVID vaccineModerna alleges Pfizer/BioNTech, without permission, copied mRNA technology that Moderna had patented between 2010 and 2016, well before CO...
26 Aug, 2022, 07.28 PM IST
Amid Covid vaccine success, BioNTech plans to return €2bn to shareholdersAfter the success of the covid vaccine, BioNTech is planning to return €2bn to shareholders. BioNTech will continue the clinical trial to b...
30 Mar, 2022, 10.17 PM IST
No need yet to adapt Pfizer vaccine for coronavirus variants, says BioNTech chiefA decision to make a switch should be made only if it is clear that the vaccine failed to work or is only offering sub-par protection again...
09 Aug, 2021, 08.17 PM IST
Taiwan's Terry Gou, TSMC reach initial agreements for BioNTech vaccinesTaiwan's government has tried for months to buy the shots directly from Germany's BioNTech and has blamed China, which claims the self-rule...
04 Jul, 2021, 07.37 AM IST
Taiwan says China blocked deal with BioNTech for COVID-19 shotsTaiwan has millions of vaccine doses on order, from AstraZeneca Plc and Moderna Inc, but has received only slightly more than 700,000 to da...
26 May, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
Vaccine maker BioNTech says no need to waive patentsUgur Sahin, the chief executive of BioNTech, rejected the U.S.-backed proposal to temporarily lift some intellectual property rights for va...
10 May, 2021, 07.58 PM IST
EU seeks new contract with Pfizer/BioNTech for up to 1.8 bln vaccines from 2022: EU sourceThe EU official, who asked not to be named because the matter is confidential, said the EU executive had already decided to approach Pfizer...
09 Apr, 2021, 09.01 PM IST
BioNTech-Pfizer raise 2021 vaccine output goal to 2.5 billion dosesPfizer previously said the partners would likely produce between 2.3 billion and 2.4 billion doses in 2021. BioNTech cited its new facility...
30 Mar, 2021, 10.33 PM IST
BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gapsThe delays in rolling out the home-grown vaccine have caused consternation in Germany, where some regions had to halt vaccinations within d...
01 Jan, 2021, 11.14 PM IST
EU reviews BioNTech request for 'extra dose' of virus shotIn an email to The Associated Press, the European Medicines Agency said that BioNTech, which developed its vaccine together with Pfizer, ha...
31 Dec, 2020, 06.42 PM IST
China's Fosun plans plant to make BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine: CaixinThe first phase of the China-based manufacturing facility will have production capacity of 200 million doses, Caixin said, citing people fa...
31 Dec, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
BioNTech, Pfizer ask Europe to quickly approve virus vaccineThe German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say they have submitted an application for speeded-up, conditional a...
01 Dec, 2020, 05.50 PM IST
U.S. to pay Pfizer and BioNTech $1.95 billion to produce millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccinePfizer will deliver the doses if the product receives Emergency Use Authorization or licensure from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, ...
22 Jul, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
BioNTech and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine shows potential in human trialThe drug is one of 17 being tested on humans in a frantic global race to find a vaccine the world is counting on to end a pandemic that has...
01 Jul, 2020, 11.29 PM IST
German company begins testing possible vaccineBioNTech said in a statement that in a next step, it will begin increasing the dose of BNT162 in a trial involving about 200 participants a...
29 Apr, 2020, 07.17 PM IST
Pfizer, BioNTech to co-develop potential coronavirus vaccineThe drugmakers will start the collaboration immediately and have signed a letter of intent for the vaccine's distribution outside China, th...
17 Mar, 2020, 11.42 AM IST