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Developing the Corona virus vaccine with the American company Pfizer, his wife Dr. is the founder and CEO of the German company BioNTech together with Özlem Türeci. Dr. Ugur Sahin, coronavac vaccine produced by Sinovac commented by companies in China, which will start soon in Turkey.
In the interview he gave to Anadolu Agency, Şahin said: “There should be no harm in terms of the Chinese vaccine or the BioNTech vaccine or the vaccine from another state. “All the vaccines I have seen so far work well and can help,” he said.
Şahin said they plan to increase the production capacity of the vaccine they developed and are open to cooperating with other companies in this process. Ugur Sahin also said that they were considering opening an office in Turkey.
Stating that they plan to distribute 1.3 billion doses of vaccines by the end of next year and that 70 percent of the world’s population should be vaccinated next winter to return to “normal life”, Şahin said: “We want to produce more than 1 billion of doses together with the Pfizer company over the next year. “We need to distribute these doses to more countries.”
Stating that this is not an easy process and that the vaccine is manufactured in a complex way, Ahin said: “We will start cooperating with other companies again. If we can implement our plans on how to increase capacity, we can report in January or February. I think we can update. “We don’t have a guaranteed plan yet,” he said.
Ankara, biontech until the end of March and had reached an agreement with Pfizer for the delivery of 4.5 million doses of vaccine to Turkey. According to the agreement announced Friday by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, up to 30 million doses of vaccine will be available in the future under the same conditions.
“We want to open in Turkey, we want to invest in Turkey”
Sahin, TUBITAK conduct interviews and until the end of next year 30 million vaccines reported that they intended to send to Turkey.
“This agreement makes us very happy. Turkey, the country where we were born, our homeland. Where is our heart. Turkey will be able to help people with the greatest happiness for us, “Sahin said, emphasizing that they want to invest in Turkey,” and we want to do research in Turkey. We have discussions with TÜBİTAK. We started working with professors from various universities. In Turkey, we want to open the biontech many companies, “he said.
Infections from other cancer vaccines also expressed a desire to work in Turkey, Sahin, in the summer of 2021, said he hoped to start clinical trials in cancer and in Turkey.
Turkey, the Chinese Sinovac had made a deal with the company for 50 million doses of vaccine. Of the 3 million doses of this vaccine on Monday, the first shipment is scheduled to arrive in Turkey.
Şahin also made the following evaluation of the Chinese vaccine: “Now the Chinese vaccine also shows that it is effective. I think it has an effect of 85 percent, 86 percent. This is considered a good and effective vaccine. There should be no harm like a Chinese vaccine or a BioNTech vaccine or another government vaccine. The Chinese also subjected this vaccine to lengthy trials and clinical trials. Sufficient number that need to be vaccinated in Turkey. All the vaccines I’ve seen so far work well and can help. “
