BioNTech starts Covid-19 vaccine production at new Marburg plant
BioNTech has started production of its Covid-19 vaccine from a new manufacturing site in Marburg, Germany.
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At full capacity, the new installation will be able to make 750m doses of the vaccine annually, with the first distribution of vaccines from Marburg currently penciled-in for April.
Together with Pfizer, its partner in developing the vaccine, BioNTech is targeting full-year vaccine production of 2bn doses.
BioNTech's expected vaccine output in the first half of 2021 is expected to reach 250m doses.