Uğur Şahin, BioNTech CEO (Andreas Arnold/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

BioN­Tech opens new plas­mid DNA man­u­fac­tur­ing fa­cil­i­ty in Ger­many

Ger­man mR­NA play­er BioN­Tech opened the doors to a new man­u­fac­tur­ing fa­cil­i­ty on Thurs­day, this one just about 75 miles north of its head­quar­ters in Mainz, Ger­many.

BioN­Tech an­nounced on Thurs­day that it has com­plet­ed the con­struc­tion of its first plas­mid DNA man­u­fac­tur­ing fa­cil­i­ty in Mar­burg, Ger­many. The fa­cil­i­ty will pro­duce ma­te­ri­als for mR­NA-based vac­cines and ther­a­pies along with cell ther­a­pies.

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