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BioNTech SE

Mainz, Germany Biotech 3,000 employees Founded 2008 BNTX biontech.com ↗
4 Products & services
26 Licensed medicines
30 Clinical trials
3,000 Employees

About BioNTech SE

BioNTech is a German biotechnology company that develops and manufactures active immunotherapies for patient-specific approaches to the treatment of diseases.

Sector
Biotech
Headquarters
Mainz, Germany
Founded
2008
Employees
3,000

Milestones

Milestones as listed on biontech.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

2008
BioNTech founded
By Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci and Christoph Huber.
Source: biontech.com
2012
First-in-human trial of personalized mRNA cancer immunotherapy
Source: biontech.com
2019
Listed on NASDAQ as BNTX
Source: biontech.com
2020
COVID-19 vaccine developed with Pfizer
Project Lightspeed; vaccine developed within 10 months.
Source: biontech.com
2022
BioNTainer modular manufacturing introduced
Source: biontech.com
2023
Acquired InstaDeep
AI and machine learning company.
Source: biontech.com
2024
Pivotal Phase 3 trial of HER2-targeting ADC started
Source: biontech.com
2025
Global partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb
Same year as the acquisition of Biotheus.
Source: biontech.com

Leadership Team

Leadership as listed on biontech.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

Ugur Sahin

Chief Executive Officer
Source: biontech.com

Özlem Türeci

Chief Medical Officer
Source: biontech.com

Ramón Zapata

Chief Financial Officer
Source: biontech.com

Sierk Pötting

Chief Operating Officer
Source: biontech.com

James Ryan

Chief Legal and Chief Business Officer
Source: biontech.com

Annemarie Hanekamp

Chief Commercial Officer
Source: biontech.com

Products & Services

Products and services as listed on biontech.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

All mRNA vaccine Oncology candidate Oncology platform
mRNA vaccine

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine developed in 2020 under Project Lightspeed; a variant-adapted version followed in 2022.

Source: biontech.com
Oncology candidate

PD-L1 x VEGF-A bispecific antibody candidate

In pivotal trials in lung cancer; partnered with Bristol Myers Squibb in 2025.

Source: biontech.com
Oncology candidate

HER2-targeting ADC candidate

Antibody-drug conjugate in a pivotal Phase 3 trial in metastatic breast cancer.

Source: biontech.com
Oncology platform

Individualized mRNA cancer immunotherapy

Personalised mRNA cancer immunotherapy approach tested in first-in-human trials.

Source: biontech.com

Pipeline & Regulatory Record

What public registers list for BioNTech SE: clinical trials it sponsors, FDA device clearances, Irish licences, recent approvals and supply shortages. Rebuilt daily, last on 3 Oct 2026.

30Trials as lead sponsor
22Recruiting now
0With a site in Ireland
0FDA device clearances

Clinical trials 30 in our ClinicalTrials.gov registers · 2 in the EU register

StudyPhaseStatus
A Study to Learn About a COVID-19 Vaccine in Healthy Adults 50 Through 64 Years of Age
NCT07300839 · COVID-19, SARS-COV-2 Infection
Phase 3Active, closed
Safety and Preliminary Effectiveness of BNT327, an Investigational Therapy for Breast Cancer, When Given in Combination With Chemotherapy
NCT06449222 · Locally Advanced Breast Cancer, Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Phase 2Active, closed
Safety, Preliminary Effectiveness of BNT327, an Investigational Therapy for Patients With Small-cell Lung Cancer in Combination With Chemotherapy
NCT06449209 · Extensive-stage Small-cell Lung Cancer, Small-cell Lung Cancer
Phase 2Active, closed
Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of BNT314 in Cancer Patients With Malignant Solid Tumors
NCT06150183 · Advanced Malignant Solid Tumor
Phase 1Active, closed
A Clinical Trial in Healthy Volunteers and Volunteers With Recurrent Genital Herpes to Study the Safety, Tolerability, and Immune Responses After Vaccination With an Investigational Vaccine Designed to Prevent Genital Herpes Lesions
NCT05432583 · Genital Herpes Simplex Type 2
Phase 1Active, closed
A Phase II Clinical Trial Comparing the Efficacy of RO7198457 Versus Watchful Waiting in Patients With ctDNA-positive, Resected Stage II (High Risk) and Stage III Colorectal Cancer
NCT04486378 · Colorectal Cancer Stage II, Colorectal Cancer Stage III
Phase 2Active, closed
A Clinical Trial Investigating the Safety, Tolerability, and Therapeutic Effects of BNT113 in Combination With Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab Alone for Patients With a Form of Head and Neck Cancer Positive for Human Papilloma Virus 16 and Expressing the Protein PD-L1
NCT04534205 · Unresectable Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
Phase 2/3Active, closed
A Clinical Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of an Investigational Cell Therapy Given With and Without an Investigational RNA-based Vaccine in Patients With Organ Tumors
NCT04503278 · Solid Tumor
Phase 1Active, closed
A Study of COVID-19 Vaccine(s) in Children and Adults
NCT07798648 · COVID-19 Vaccines
Phase 3Recruiting
A Clinical Trial to Look at the Safety and Immune Responses of the RNA-based Vaccine BNT168 in Adults Living With or Without HIV
NCT07698600 · HIV -1 Infection
Phase 1Recruiting

Showing 10 of 30, trials with Irish sites first. The full lists are on the sponsor pages below.

All trials by sponsor name 1 registry name

Drugs in these trials 29 compounds

EU trials register (CTIS) 2 authorised or ongoing

Group (BioNTech SE): founded 2008, headquarters Mainz, website biontech.de. Wikidata Q30256699 · Wikipedia. From Wikidata (CC0), matched by the group's SEC filer number.

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Financials & Irish Entities

From the annual reports BioNTech SE files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (20-F, IFRS), in EUR as reported. Latest financial year: to Dec 2025.

€2.9bnRevenue
€2.1bnR&D expense
73.3%R&D as % of revenue
−€1.1bnNet income (-39.6% margin)
Revenue and R&D expense, EUR bn€0.0bn€5.0bn€10bn€15bn€20bnDec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025Dec 2021: €19bn (Revenue)Dec 2022: €17bn (Revenue)Dec 2023: €3.8bn (Revenue)Dec 2024: €2.8bn (Revenue)Dec 2025: €2.9bn (Revenue)RevenueDec 2021: €1.0bn (R&D expense)Dec 2022: €1.5bn (R&D expense)Dec 2023: €1.8bn (R&D expense)Dec 2024: €2.3bn (R&D expense)Dec 2025: €2.1bn (R&D expense)R&D expense
RevenueR&D expense
Year toRevenueR&DR&D %Net incomeFiling
Dec 2025€2.87bn€2.10bn73.3%−€1.14bn20-F 2026
Dec 2024€2.75bn€2.25bn81.9%−€665m20-F 2026
Dec 2023€3.82bn€1.78bn46.7%€930m20-F 2026
Dec 2022€17.31bn€1.54bn8.9%€9.43bn20-F 2025
Dec 2021€18.98bn€949m5.0%€10.29bn20-F 2024

Each year is taken from the most recent annual report that includes it, so earlier years reflect any later restatement. Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL financial data). Compare companies on the pharma company financials register.

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