BioNTech shares surged 13% after Summit Therapeutics reported positive data on ivonescimab, a bispecific antibody similar to BioNTech's PM8002. BioNTech's PM8002 antibody is similar to Summit's ivonescimab. Despite declining Covid-19 vaccine revenue and safety concerns about those shot, BioNTech's low valuation and promising pipeline make it a buy for risk-tolerant, long-term investors.
A lung cancer patient has become the first in the UK to receive a new experimental vaccine to help his body fight the disease.
BioNTech on Monday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted a partial clinical hold on an early stage study of its experimental cancer drug.
BioNTech SE reported Q2 2024 earnings yesterday, with a significant decrease in revenues from Comirnaty compared to previous years. The company reaffirmed guidance for 2024, for revenues of $2.7bn — $3.4bn, but is expecting a loss-making year due to increased costs. The cash position remains healthy at nearly $20bn, which helps to support a $19.5bn market cap valuation at the present times.
BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 5, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Victoria Meissner - Vice President, Strategy & Investor Relations Ugur Sahin - Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder Özlem Türeci - Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder Jens Holstein - Chief Financial Officer Ryan Richardson - Chief Strategy Officer Conference Call Participants Daina Graybosch - Leerink Partners Yaron Werber - TD Cowen Tazeen Ahmad - Bank of America Securities Etzer Darout - BMO Capital Markets Yifeng Liu - HSBC Bank Plc Jessica Fye - JPMorgan Chase Cory Kasimov - Evercore ISI Chris Shibutani - Goldman Sachs Simon Baker - Redburn Atlantic Eliana Merle - UBS John Newman - Canaccord Genuity Manos Mastorakis - Deutsche Bank Operator Welcome to BioNTech's Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. I would like to hand the call over to Dr. Victoria Meissner, Vice President of Strategy and Investor Relations.
American depositary receipts (ADRs) of BioNTech (BNTX) fell Monday after the COVID-19 vaccine maker's second-quarter loss quadrupled on falling demand for the shots, and as it ended an agreement with biotech firm Genmab to develop a lung cancer drug.
BioNTech SE's stock BNTX, +1.65% fell 4% early Monday, after the company's second-quarter earnings fell short of estimates amid a continued slide in sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. The company had a net loss of 807.8 million euros ($883.5 million), or $3.36 a share, for the quarter, wider than the los of EUR109.4 million, or 79 cents a share, posted in the year-earlier period.
Losses at Germany's BioNTech quadrupled year-on-year in the second quarter, the company said on Monday, as it banks on a strategy shift towards new cancer treatments following a sharp drop-off in sales of its COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech's cancer drug candidate BNT111 showed significant improvement in the response rate in patients with advanced melanoma during a Phase 2 trial, the German company said on Tuesday.
Germany's BioNTech SE said in a regulatory filing on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed a partial clinical hold on an early-stage study of its experimental cancer drug.
COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech won up to $145 million in funding from a global coalition against infectious diseases to build a production network in African countries for messenger-RNA based shots.
H5N1 bird flu was detected this week in Michigan and Australia. It's the first detection in humans since March, when news of an outbreak in cattle emerged.