The American Moderna is suing the also American Pfizer and the latter’s German partner, BioNTech, for violating technology patent laws regarding the mRNA platform, through which the two companies’ vaccine against Covid-19 was made. The suit is expected to be filed on Friday in a US court in Massachusetts and in a district court in […]
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Pfizer/BioNTech: Trials of vaccine that treats up to the BA.2 Omicron subvariant
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced today that they have initiated mid-level trials of a modified Covid-19 vaccine that targets both the original variants and the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant. The vaccine is in an initial proof-of-concept study to gather more data (https://bit.ly/3veWPKn). The BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants combined are estimated to account for nearly 95% […]
BioNTech and Pfizer launch next-generation coronavirus vaccine test
Germany’s BioNTech, a Pfizer partner in Covid-19 vaccines, has announced that the two companies will begin testing next-generation vaccines in humans in the second half of the year that protect against a wide variety of coronaviruses. Their experimental work on vaccines that go beyond the current approach includes T-cell booster vaccines, designed primarily to protect […]
BioNTech: Announces Higher Profits and Sales in the Quarter, Expects Vaccine Sales to Fall in the Year
BioNTech reported sales and profits for the first quarter more than tripled due to strong demand for the coronavirus vaccine it developed with Pfizer, but the German company confirmed its forecast for a drop in vaccine sales for the full year. Revenues in the first quarter more than tripled from the previous year, to 6.37 […]
Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna executives win over $ 100 million in pandemic
The CEOs of Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna, Albert Burla, Ugur Sahin and Stefan Bansel, respectively, jointly earned more than $ 100 million in pay during the pandemic (two years 2020-21), thanks to their enormous scientific and their mRNA vaccines against coronavirus. The three leaders have also seen the value of the shares they hold in […]
BioNTech leader: We should get used to living with coronavirus for the next 10 years
BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus’s Micron mutation delayed. Ugur Sahin, head of the German nanotechnology company, told Bild television that the vaccine would be ready in April or May. He argued that the delay was due to the European Medicines Agency. “Delivery of the vaccine against the Omicron variant is postponed to April or May,” said […]
Pfizer and BioNTech prepare mRNA vaccine for shingles
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the German company BioNTech, with which it collaborated on the development of the coronavirus vaccine, are now preparing an mRNA vaccine against shingles. This is the third collaboration between the two companies, which joined forces for the first time in 2018 to develop an influenza vaccine and then in 2020 […]
Moderna: $ 98 billion in market capitalization, 50% share loss from record high in August
Moderna’s stock has been in the middle of its longest downturn in more than two years, having lost 50% of its value since August, when it hit a record high. The downturn in a few months has eliminated $ 98 billion in company capitalization. Although the Omicron mutation of the coronavirus is sweeping the globe, […]
Wells Fargo Prediction: Which company will dominate the Covid vaccine market?
Wells Fargo recently started “covering” Pfizer with a “buy” rating and a target price of $ 60 per share, indicating an upward trend of 16% from current levels. Wells Fargo analyst Mohit Bansal believes Pfizer’s anti-Covid treatments will generate significant revenue for the company in the “foreseeable future”, as new boosts will be needed to […]
BioNTech: Omicron mutation vaccine rapidly adapted
BioNTech will be able to adapt its coronavirus vaccine relatively quickly to treat the new mutant strain Omicron, the company’s CEO Ugur Sahin said on Friday, speaking at Reuters Next. Sahin also added that the existing vaccines will logically continue to provide protection against the serious disease, despite the mutations. “This mutation could infect vaccinated […]