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Uğur Şahin (Turkish: [uˈuɾ ʃaː.hin]; born 19 September 1965 [3]) is a German oncologist and immunologist. He is the co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, which developed one of the major vaccines against COVID-19. [4] [5] His main fields of research are cancer research and immunology. [6]
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Germany began on 26 December 2020. [ 2 ] As of 16 December 2021 [update] , 60,679,186 people have received at least one dose (73% of total population), while 58,174,724 people have been fully vaccinated (70% of total population). [ 3 ]
Özlem Türeci (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈœzlem ˈtyredʒi]; born 6 March 1967) is a German physician, scientist and entrepreneur. In 2008, she co-founded the biotechnology company BioNTech, which in 2020 developed the first messenger RNA-based vaccine approved for use against COVID-19. [2]
The unlisted biotech firm CureVac will become the second company to launch human trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in Germany, two people familiar with the plans told Reuters on Tuesday.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany has resulted in 38,437,756 [1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 174,979 [1] deaths. During the pandemic, the German government received advice from several scientific bodies including the Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) at the Robert Koch Institute, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the German Ethics Council.
On 30 March, on recommendations of Germany's vaccine panel, the use of AstraZeneca was restricted to patients 60 and older, except for patients for whom a COVID-19 infection was expected to pose a high risk, and who additionally had agreed to take the vaccine despite the small risk of serious side effects. [177]
Pharmaceutical compound Turkovac Vaccine description Target SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine type Inactivated Clinical data Other names Erucov-Vac Routes of administration Intramuscular Legal status Legal status Full list of Turkovac authorizations Identifiers CAS Number 2695585-27-2 Part of a series on the COVID-19 pandemic Scientifically accurate atomic model of the external structure of SARS-CoV-2. Each ...
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