BioNTech and Pfizer will start tests on humans of next-generation shots that protect against a wide variety of coronaviruses
Germany's BioNTech, Pfizer's partner in Covid-19 vaccines, has said the two companies would start tests on humans of next-generation shots that protect against a wide variety of coronaviruses in the second half of the year.
In presentation slides posted on BioNTech's website for its investor day, the German biotech firm said its aim was to "provide durable variant protection".The virus' persistent mutation into new variants that more easily evade vaccine protection, as well as waning human immune memory, have added urgency to the search by companies, governments and health bodies for more reliable tools of protection.
BioNTech, which did not say when trials could begin, is leaning on the technology of PhagoMed, which it acquired in October last year.
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