BioNTech: First data for the COVID-19 vaccine to be soon presented

BioNTech CEO Sierk Pötting believes that the company is on track with the development of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate BNT162. The safety profile looks good, said Pötting at the Finance Day 2020 of GoingPublic and Platform Life Sciences. 

So far, there have been no reportable security incidents. However, the ongoing clinical study is not yet at an end, according to the CFO & COO of the Mainz-based biotech company, which is now listed on the stock exchange in the double-digit billions. BioNTech‘s shares are listed on the primary stock exchange NASDAQ, among others, but can also be traded on German stock markets.

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When will the first data about the COVID-19 vaccine be presented

Pötting expects to be able to present the first data from the ongoing study on the efficacy of BNT162 at the end of October or beginning of November. In previous studies, the vaccine has already provided promising immunity data and, together with Moderna’s vaccine candidate, is considered to be the most promising and advanced vaccine project against the pathogen of the corona pandemic, the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

BioNTech and marketing partner Pfizer are currently building up production capacities for BNT162. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla announced on Friday that the vaccine could be submitted for approval in the USA in the third week of November.

The prerequisite is that both the clinical trial and the production facilities meet the requirements for an application for approval. “First, the vaccine must be proven to be effective, i.e. it can help prevent COVID-19 disease in at least the majority of vaccinated patients. Second, and equally important, the vaccine must have been proven safe, with robust safety data from thousands of patients. And finally, we must prove that the vaccine can be consistently produced to the highest quality standards,” the Pfizer CEO said in the open letter on Friday – we reported.

BioNTech stock: The fronts are hardening

BioNTech’s shares rose 0.46 percent to $94.35 on a closing price basis on the NASDAQ yesterday, October 20th. However, that sounds more boring than the charts ultimately showed for the biotech stock. Share prices for the bearer of hope in the fight against the Corona pandemic ranged between $91.61 and $96.12. That means that the share price of the Mainz-based company was able to successfully defend itself against new sell signals on the charts, which could exert pressure after the recent rally. 

At the same time, however, there was no breakthrough upwards towards an all-time high of $105. The technical fronts are thus hardening, and the signal marks for the BioNTech share have not changed. The central resistance level on the charts is currently $96.09/$97.82. Although this came into view last week, “real” tests were only carried out on Monday with a daily high at $97.29 and yesterday, October 20th. Both tests had no success.

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