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The founder of BioNTech and developer of the anti-COVID vaccine, which will also arrive in Romania, assures that in a few weeks he will be able to create a vaccine dedicated to the new strain of coronavirus, which was detected in England.
Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have announced that they are already studying the efficacy of the sera they have produced on the new strain of coronavirus that is causing global concern. There are many experts who say that there are no reasons why vaccines are not effective.
Additionally, Ugur Sahin, the developer of the BioNTech vaccine, says that in a few weeks it could produce a vaccine that would respond directly to the new strain, because the proteins in the two variants of the coronavirus are 99% identical.
“We can start working on a vaccine that completely mimics the new mutation, technically we could provide a new vaccine in six weeks, that means the vaccine contains this information. Of course, it is not just a technical question, we need to see how the EMA, FDA or other authorities would treat it. But, in principle, we can make a vaccine that mimics the new strains in six weeks, “said Ugur Sahin, founder of BioNTech, according to Mediafax.
The director of BioNTech is confident that the virus can be defeated quickly.
Pfizer said it was “collecting data” on how well blood samples from people immunized with its vaccine “can neutralize the new strain that has appeared in the UK,” according to the cited source.
Publisher: BP
