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Türeci and Şahin, who developed the Prifizer / Biontech coronavirus vaccine, warned that “there will be gaps in supply until other vaccines are released on the market.” “The situation is not looking good at the moment, there is a supply gap, because we have to fill the gap caused by the lack of approved vaccines on the market with our own vaccine,” Uğur Şahin told Der Spiegel.
Referring to the virus mutation in his remarks, Şahin said: “Our tests are continuing on whether our vaccine will neutralize this new species of coronavirus and more comprehensive results will come soon.”
Uğur Şahin, who was asked if the mutated virus is strong, stated that it is possible to change the vaccine in 6 weeks. Şahin said that in such case, approval must be taken again.
ÖZLEM TÜRECİ: EU ERRORS
Özlem Türeci stated that the EU decision mechanism to disseminate the coronavirus vaccine is expected to be faster. Türeci said: “At some point it became clear that such a fast delivery would not be possible,” he said. In his speech, Türeci told Spiegel: “After this point, it took a while to order the vaccine.”
Şahin said BioNTech expects to establish a new production line in Marburg, Germany in February, capable of producing 250 million doses in the first half of the year. Stating that negotiations with contracted producers are underway to increase production, there will be developments regarding the vaccine that must be kept at minus 70 degrees Celsius and a new generation vaccine that can withstand higher temperatures could be ready by the end of the summer ,Ahin said.
Source: Reuters
