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Ugur Sahin Has Given BioNTech a EUR16.8 Billion Runway. Six Cancer Readouts Must Now Set Its Direction
BioNTech retains EUR16.8 billion in cash and securities as it approaches six late-stage readouts. Ugur Sahin must convert scientific breadth into a focused cancer business.
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Uğur Şahin Is Preparing to Leave BioNTech. The Oncology Pipeline Must Outlast Its Founder
BioNTech’s Covid success funded an ambitious oncology pipeline. With Uğur Şahin preparing to leave, clinical execution and succession have become inseparable.
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Uğur Şahin’s US$11.1 Billion Pumitamig Alliance Now Faces the Phase III Arithmetic
Pumitamig has moved from BioNTech’s US$800 million Biotheus acquisition to an alliance worth up to US$11.1 billion. Uğur Şahin must show that encouraging lung-cancer signals survive global Phase III trials and a crowded competitive field.