BioNTech CEO says vaccine likely to protect against severe COVID from Omicron

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BioNTech and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine will likely offer strong protection against any severe disease from the new Omicron virus variant, BioNTech‘s Chief Executive said.

and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine will likely offer strong protection against any severe disease from the new Omicron virus variant,‘s Chief Executive told Reuters, as the firm weighs the need to upgrade its commonly used shot.

Sahin added he expects the lab tests to show some loss of vaccine protection against mild and moderate disease due to Omicron, but the extent of that loss was hard to predict. “To my mind there’s no reason to be particularly worried. The only thing that worries me at the moment is the fact that there are people that have not been vaccinated at all,” Sahin added.‘s guarded confidence contrasts with a sense of alarm conveyed by the chief executive of rival vaccine maker Moderna, Stephane Bancel, who has raised the prospect of a material drop in protection against the new coronavirus lineage from current vaccines.

Those efforts are not meant to yield commercial products but to establish a routine with regulators that will help speed up any future vaccine relaunch.

 

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