Biontech boss Ugur Sahin assumes that the company will have clarity about the further production quantities for the corona vaccine by the end of January.
“We are trying to win new cooperation partners who produce for us. But it is not as if specialized factories were standing around all over the world that could produce vaccines of the required quality overnight,” said Sahin (55 ) the news magazine “Der Spiegel”.
There are no other vaccines
“At the end of January we will have clarity as to whether and how much we can produce more.” At the moment, the overall available vaccines against Covid-19 are “not looking rosy” because there are no other approved vaccines and we have to fill this gap with our vaccine, “said Sahin. Therefore, they are working with the US partner Pfizer to explore the possibility of increased production of their own preparation.
Vaccine orders without approvals
The vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer was approved in the EU just before Christmas and has also been administered for a few days. There are currently no further approvals for corona vaccines in the EU. The international community has already ordered vaccine doses from several manufacturers that are still being developed.
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