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BioNTech, una pyme alemana metida en la búsqueda de vacuna contra coronavirus

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(FILES) This file photo taken on September 18, 2020 shows the headquarters of German biopharmaceutical company BioNTech, one of the laboratories in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, in Mainz, western Germany. - European stock markets and oil prices soared more than five percent on November 9, 2020 on coronavirus vaccine hopes following successful trials. Already up strongly on Joe Biden's US election win, markets accelerated gains after Pfizer and BioNTech said their vaccine was 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections. (Photo by Yann Schreiber / AFP)
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 18, 2020 shows the headquarters of German biopharmaceutical company BioNTech, one of the laboratories in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, in Mainz, western Germany. - European stock markets and oil prices soared more than five percent on November 9, 2020 on coronavirus vaccine hopes following successful trials. Already up strongly on Joe Biden's US election win, markets accelerated gains after Pfizer and BioNTech said their vaccine was 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections. (Photo by Yann Schreiber / AFP) YANN SCHREIBER
La sede de la empresa BioNTech se halla en la ciudad de Mainz, oeste de Alemania. AFP La sede de la empresa BioNTech se halla en la ciudad de Mainz, oeste de Alemania. AFP (YANN SCHREIBER/AFP)

Berlín. La empresa alemana de biotecnología BioNTech nunca ha producido una vacuna, pero lidera la cerrera en la búsqueda de un escudo contra el covid-19.

Gracias a una tecnología innovadora, la pyme fundada en el 2008 logró asociarse con el gigante estadounidense Pfizer. Las dos empresas anunciaron el lunes resultados prometedores en el ensayo a gran escala de la fase 3 de su vacuna en desarrollo, la última etapa antes de pedir su homologación.

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