GERMANY – BioNTech SE has completed the US$43 million (€40m) construction of its first proprietary plasmid DNA manufacturing facility in Marburg, Germany, to produce an important building block in mRNA-based…
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BioNTech acquires UK-based AI startup InstaDeep for US$682M to boost manufacturing capabilities
GERMANY — BioNTech SE, a German-based immunotherapy company, has agreed to acquire British artificial intelligence (AI) startup InstaDeep for up to 562 million pounds (US$682 million) to speed up its…
Read MoreBioNTech signs multi-year pact with the UK for cancer immunotherapies
GERMANY – BioNTech SE has signed a collaboration agreement with the Government of the United Kingdom to benefit cancer patients by accelerating clinical trials for personalized mRNA immunotherapies. The strategic…
Read MoreBioNTech to establish regional clinical trial hub in Taiwan for cancer therapies
TAIWAN — Germany’s BioNTech is planning to set up a clinical trial hub in Taiwan for mRNA-based cancer immunotherapies as part of its Asia-Pacific expansion, according to Taipei Times. The…
Read MoreBioNTech signs research and manufacturing pact with Australia
AUSTRALIA – BioNTech SE, the German biotech that collaborated with Pfizer to develop a widely used COVID-19 vaccine, will establish research and manufacturing facilities in Australia based on the same…
Read MoreBioNTech breaks ground on first mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant in Africa
RWANDA – The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech has broken ground for the production site of its COVID-19 vaccine in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. According to BioNTech, the facility, dubbed the African…
Read MoreAfrican countries partner BioNTech SE to produce mRNA vaccines to combat COVID-19
GHANA – Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal have partnered with BioNTech SE, German biotechnology company, to fill, finish and package BioNTech mRNA vaccines to improve vaccine supply in Africa. BioNTech SE…
Read MoreCardinal Health to test drones for pharmaceutical deliveries
USA – Cardinal Health Inc. intends to test the use of drones to expedite the delivery of pills, inhalers, and other items to U.S. pharmacies, a move that the healthcare-supplies…
Read MorePfizer, BioNTech contract Zipline to deliver Covid-19 shots in Ghana
GHANA – Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics, Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have announced that Zipline has successfully completed the first long-range drone delivery of both authorized mRNA…
Read MoreBioNTech inks mRNA vaccine production facility deal with Rwanda, Senegal
SENEGAL – BioNTech has signed an agreement with the Rwandan government and Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Senegal on the construction of the first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa…
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