BioNTech, Pfizer to start testing universal vaccine for coronavirusesTheir experimental work on shots that go beyond the current approach include T-cell-enhancing shots, designed to primarily protect against ...
29 Jun, 2022, 08.27 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
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
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
Scientist behind coronavirus shot says next target is cancerOzlem Tureci, who founded the German company BioNTech with her husband Ugur Sahin, was working on a way to harness the body's immune system...
19 Mar, 2021, 04.39 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccine contender CureVac links up with BayerCureVac, based in the German city of Tuebingen, said last month that it expects first results by the end of March from its phase 3 clinical...
07 Jan, 2021, 02.05 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
From the lab to the jab: How BioNTech-Pfizer won the vaccine raceAs BioNTech and other pharmaceutical companies leapt into action in search of the winning formula, Germany's army of "Mittelstand" companie...
27 Dec, 2020, 07.14 AM 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
Pfizer, BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine candidates get FDA's 'fast track' statusTwo experimental coronavirus vaccines jointly developed by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have received ...
13 Jul, 2020, 05.04 PM IST
Pfizer, BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine expected to be ready for approval by year endThe experimental vaccine, which showed promise against the fast-spreading respiratory illness in early stage human testing, is expected to ...
10 Jul, 2020, 05.47 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