German messenger RNA specialist BioNTech SE has signed agreements with Pfizer Inc. and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. for rights to its investigational COVID-19 vaccine. The mRNA vaccine candidate, BNT162, is expected to enter clinical trials in late April 2020.
Mainz-based BioNTech is building on an existing relationship with Pfizer: the two companies established an R&D collaboration for mRNA flu...







