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Vaccine 1st puts spotlight on German pharma company BioNTech

by Frank JordansDavid McHUGH
| December 3, 2020 12:03 AM

MAINZ, Germany (AP) — The email that arrived in the ancient German city of Mainz shortly before 1 a.m. in the morning marked a turning point in the global effort to deliver a reliable vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic - and for the little-known biotechnology company that helped develop it.

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