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Pfizer looks to sell stake in pandemic vaccine partner BioNTech

The stake sale could be worth about US$508 million for Pfizer

In late May, Pfizer agreed to pay a record US$1.25 billion upfront to license an experimental cancer drug from Shenyang-based 3SBio, as well as making a US$100 million equity investment in the Hong Kong-listed biotech company.
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Why China biotech is getting a DeepSeek moment, too

The country is emerging as an attractive place for Big Pharma to chase billion-dollar licensing deals

The vaccine (not pictured) failed to show it was at least as effective as a standard shot in generating an immune response against the influenza B strain, the two companies say.

Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-flu combo vaccine misses on trial goal

A combination Covid-flu vaccination developed by Pfizer and BioNTech missed on one of its goals in a final-stage trial, a disappointment for the companies trying to make further use of the technology ...

BioNTech reported a second-quarter net loss of 807.8 million euros (S$1.2 billion), versus a loss of 190.4 million a year earlier.

BioNTech counts on shift to cancer drugs after second quarter losses quadruple

LOSSES at German drugmaker BioNTech quadrupled in the second quarter from a year earlier, the company said on Monday (Aug 5), as it banks on a strategy shift towards new cancer treatments following a ...

GlaxoSmithKline says Pfizer and BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccines violate the company’s patent rights in mRNA-vaccine innovations developed “more than a decade before” the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

GlaxoSmithKline sues Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine technology

GlaxoSmithKline believes its patents “provided the foundational technology used in Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccines”

BioNTech says it maps out plans to launch its first oncology drugs from 2026 onwards.

BioNTech predicts return to revenue growth in 2025

BIONTECH on Tuesday (Jan 9) said it would return to revenue growth in 2025, forecasting that the ongoing decline in its Covid-19 vaccine business would bottom out and that it would also invest to scal...

Pfizer and BioNTech agreed to supply the European Union with 900 million Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of 2023, though that amount might change due to a supply glut.

EU may pay more for Pfizer Covid vaccines in return for lower volume

BRUSSELS is discussing with Pfizer and BioNTech the possibility of reducing the 500 million Covid-19 vaccine doses the European Union (EU) has committed to buy this year in return for a higher price, ...

BioNTech's goal with the acquisition is to integrate AI seamlessly into all aspects of its work.

Germany's BioNTech buys British AI startup InstaDeep

BioNTech has agreed to acquire British artificial intelligence (AI) startup InstaDeep for up to £562 million (S$909.5 million) to speed up its biotech research and manufacturing capabilities.

The booster shots offered are recommended for those aged 18 and above and those who have completed their initial course of vaccination, according to Fosun Pharmaceutical.

Fosun app lets China users get BioNTech Covid vaccines in Hong Kong

CHINA’S Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group said users of its mobile health app in China can now register to take Covid-19 booster shots in Hong Kong using BioNTech’s vaccine.

BioNTech is studying its own experimental mRNA treatments in a range of different types of cancer, including melanoma.

Vaccine pioneer sees mRNA technology’s limits in treating cancer

One of the pioneers in messenger RNA vaccines sees limits to their effectiveness against cancers, even after a successful trial raised expectations for the technology.