Shares of BioNTech SE (BNTX) are soaring over 50% in pre-market today, after the company announced rapid progress on COVID-19 vaccine program to address global public health threat. The company's product candidate, BNT162, is a potential first-in-class mRNA vaccine in the worldwide effort against COVID-19.
BioNTech intends to initiate clinical testing for BNT162 in late April 2020, subject to regulatory approval, as part of a global clinical development program in Europe (commencing in Germany), the United States and China.
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