Tag: BioNTech
37 million corona infections every day – fear of new variants
Beijing China is experiencing a massive corona wave: According to estimates by the National Health Commission, almost 37 million people were infected with the corona virus every day this week.…
Corona hits China with full force
Shanghai, Beijing The Corona wave has hit the Chinese economic metropolis of Shanghai with full force. Shanghai’s Deji Hospital instructed its staff to prepare for a “tragic battle” with Covid-19.…
Curevac is trying to restart staff
Curevac boss Franz-Werner Haas in August 2020 on the video facade of the Nasdaq in Times Square The company’s share price has plummeted since its IPO. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt At…
Curevac is trying to restart staff
Curevac boss Franz-Werner Haas in August 2020 on the video facade of the Nasdaq in Times Square The company’s share price has plummeted since its IPO. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt At…
The number of new drugs will increase again in 2022
Medicines shelf in the pharmacy This year, more new medicinal active ingredients were brought onto the German market than in a long time. (Photo: imago/Science Photo Library) Frankfurt When it…
BioNTech Opens First Center for Cancer Vaccine Trials
Developing an mRNA-based cancer vaccine, BioNTech has announced its plans for its first center where candidate vaccines will be tested. The first clinical trial center will open in Taiwan. BioNTech,…
The federal government wants to cancel agreed vaccine deliveries
corona vaccine Germany has millions of doses of corona vaccine that are about to expire. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government wants to cancel or reduce excess corona vaccine deliveries…
Wall Street down again after Fed rate decision
Frankfurt The US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, which has been eagerly awaited for days, did not bring any joy to Wall Street on Wednesday. The Dow Jones lost 0.4…
Novartis drug against prostate cancer shortly before approval
Frankfurt In Europe, a novel drug against prostate cancer is about to be approved. The drug Pluvicto from the Basel-based pharmaceutical company Novartis promises improved therapy and longer survival times,…
It is worth investing in these stocks now
favorite stocks The favorite stocks of professional investors are from large technology groups, luxury companies or food companies like Nestlé. Munich When it comes to funds, two schools face each…
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund is targeting German SMEs
Frankfurt Apparently, the looming recession in Germany is not deterring investors – especially when it comes to investments in medium-sized companies and in listed technology leaders. “We are currently taking…
This is how state power prevents protests against zero-Covid
Apparently the police presence deterred the demonstrators. There were isolated videos of smaller protest actions on social media. However, these could not be independently verified. Only in Hong Kong did…
Indonesia shows China a way out of the vaccination crisis
Measures against Corona in Beijing Bangkok Progress is being made in an attempt to reduce China’s vaccination backlog – but the population of Asia’s largest economy cannot benefit from this…
How to increase vaccination readiness
Berlin The vaccination campaign by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) is not getting off the ground – despite a budget in the millions for posters and commercials. An average of…
Biontech founders’ cancer drug convinces in study
Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci 2018 Before Biontech, Sahin and Türeci founded the Mainz-based biotech company Ganymed. Here they researched a gastric cancer drug whose effectiveness could be proven in…
With antibodies to better cancer therapies
Biotech against tumors With the active ingredient in Catalym, cancer therapies should have a better impact. Frankfurt The biotech company Catalym from Martinsried near Munich has raised a total of…
What we now know about Long-Covid – and what we don’t know yet
Berlin Most infections with the corona virus take a so-called mild course in the currently predominant virus variant Omicron. The symptoms can be severe, but hospital treatment is not necessary.…
Germany needs to focus on old strengths
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, investment-seeking capital from Germany and Europe has increasingly flowed into the USA, which is considered a safe haven. This and the US Federal Reserve’s…
$30 billion loss on a single idea
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg Investor confidence is waning. (Photo: AP Photo, Imago, All Mauritius [M]) San Francisco, Dusseldorf Mark Zuckerberg is known for his usually rigid facial expressions and mostly…
Qiagen shares rise after good quarterly figures
Qiagen employee Outside of the shrinking Covid business, Qiagen is growing strongly enough to keep business development almost stable overall. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt The Hilden-based biotech company Qiagen wants to…