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"Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant," said Ugur Sahin, chief executive of the company.  Photo: Collected
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Unilever gets vaccine partnership offers as it plots worker safety strategy

"Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant," said Ugur Sahin, chief executive of the company.  Photo: Collected
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BioNTech aims for 2 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses in 2021

"Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant," said Ugur Sahin, chief executive of the company.  Photo: Collected
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BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gaps

"Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant," said Ugur Sahin, chief executive of the company.  Photo: Collected
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China's Fosun plans plant to make BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine -Caixin

Pharmacist Susanne Wohlgemuth prepares Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccinations at the Haus an der Linde nursing home in Lichtentanne, Saxony, Germany December 27, 2020, the day when the country starts its vaccination programme. Hendrik Schmidt/Pool via Reuters
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EU starts mass vaccination in 'touching moment of unity'

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Mutated Covid-19 variant could make herd immunity more difficult: BioNTech boss

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UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use

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Covid-19 vaccine: The next steps

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Sanofi says its vaccine won’t need supercooling

Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of German biotech firm BioNTech, is interviewed by journalists in Marburg, Germany September 17, 2020. REUTERSFabian BimmerFile Photo
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Vaccine scientist hopes for return to ‘normal’ by next winter

Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of German biotech firm BioNTech. Picture: Reuters
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Covid-19: BioNTech CEO says normal life by next winter

A worker passes a line of freezers holding coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine candidate BNT162b2 at a Pfizer facility in Puurs, Belgium in an undated photograph. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS
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