COMPANY:

BioNTech

"BioNTech SE...and CureVac N.V....today announced that they have entered into a definitive Purchase Agreement pursuant to which BioNTech intends to acquire all of the shares of CureVac, a clinical-stage biotech company developing a novel class of transformative medicines in oncology and infectious diseases based on messenger ribonucleic acid (“mRNA”). The all-stock transaction will bring together two highly complementary companies based in Germany and will build on BioNTech’s proven track record and established position in the global mRNA industry."

"BioNTech SE...will present data for selected assets from its diversified oncology pipeline, including mRNA cancer immunotherapies, next-generation immunomodulators, and targeted therapies, at the American Association for Cancer Research (“AACR”) Annual Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois from April 25-30, 2025. The oral and poster presentations underline both the progress of BioNTech’s advanced priority oncology programs as well as the execution of the Company’s combination strategy in oncology, with first data to be presented for the combination of the PD-L1xVEGF-A bispecific antibody candidate BNT3271 plus antibody-drug conjugates (“ADCs”)."

"BioNTech SE...announced today the completion of the acquisition of Biotheus...The acquisition was announced on November 2024 and builds on the successful collaboration on the late-stage clinical asset BNT327, an investigational bispecific antibody targeting PD-L1 and VEGF-A, and other bispecific antibody candidates. The transaction is part of BioNTech’s oncology strategy, aimed at expanding the Company’s capabilities to research, develop and commercialize BNT327 as a pan-tumor technology platform for combination therapies. With this completion of the acquisition, BioNTech obtains full global rights to BNT327 and rights to all other candidates of Biotheus’ pipeline as well as to its in-house antibody generation platform and bispecific antibody drug conjugate capability."

"Tempus AI...today announced a multi-year collaboration with BioNTech SE... This collaboration leverages Tempus’ robust multimodal datasets in support of BioNTech’s next-generation oncolo- gy pipeline."

"Cerca Biotech...announced that its quality management system (QMS) has achieved ISO 13485:2016 certification for the design and development, production and distribution of in vitro diagnostics and software for molecular testing."

"Cerca Biotech GmbH...announced an asset purchase agreement with BioNTech Diagnostics AG...relating to MammaTyper®, a molecular diagnostics for breast cancer subtyping. Under the agreement, Cerca will acquire from BioNTech its rights and interest in MammaTyper® and the associated nucleic acid extraction kit RNXtract®. Cerca will be responsible for the development and commercialization of the products worldwide."