German biotech firm BioNTech has agreed to acquire domestic peer CureVac for about $1.25 billion worth of BioNTech shares, it said on Thursday, to boost its work on new mRNA-based cancer treatments.

BioNTech, a biotech company best known for its successful development of a messenger RNA Covid-19 vaccine, is acquiring fellow mRNA company CureVac in a $1.25 billion stock deal that brings ...

CureVac shares skyrocketed 35% Thursday when the biotech firm agreed to be bought by COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech in an all-stock deal valued at about $1.25 billion.

Photo: wolfgang rattay/Reuters BioNTech BNTX 1.61% will acquire all shares of CureVac CVAC 0.93% after the two sides reached an agreement in a deal valued around $1.25 billion.

BioNTech agreed to buy CureVac for $1.25 billion, expanding its mRNA cancer research and boosting its oncology pipeline.

BioNTech SE agreed to buy former Covid vaccine rival CureVac NV for about $1.25 billion in an all-stock transaction that will boost its growing oncology business.

BioNTech is buying fellow German mRNA vaccine developer CureVac in all-stock transaction that values the acquired biotech at $1.25 billion.

(Reuters) -German biotech firm BioNTech has agreed to acquire domestic peer CureVac for about $1.25 billion worth of BioNTech shares, it said on Thursday, to boost its work on new mRNA-based cancer ...

BioNTech saw its share prices grow by 18.05 percent on Monday to finish at $113.10 apiece following news that it joined forces with Bristol Myers Squibb for the development of a next-generation ...

BioNTech and Bristol will evenly split the costs of developing and commercializing BNT327, and will "work jointly to broaden and accelerate the development of this clinical candidate." The drug is ...

BioNTech CEO Dr. Uğur Şahin expressed the belief that "BNT327 has the potential to become a foundational immuno-oncology backbone, moving beyond single-mechanism checkpoint inhibitors and ...

BioNTech and Bristol Myers Squibb have agreed to jointly develop and commercialize BioNTech’s BNT327 cancer-drug candidate in a deal potentially worth more than $11 billion to the German drugmaker.