Das Mainzer Pharmaunternehmen Biontech schließt drei deutsche Produktionsstandorte in Marburg, Idar-Oberstein und Tübingen mit insgesamt 1800 Beschäftigten, da keine Käufer gefunden wurden.
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Biontech wurde in der Corona-Pandemie mit seinem Covid-19-Impfstoff weltbekannt.
Drei deutsche Produktionsstandorte des Pharmaunternehmens Biontech mit zusammen 1800 Mitarbeitern werden geschlossen. Das Mainzer Unternehmen fand nach eigenen Angaben keine Käufer für seine Werke im hessischen Marburg, im rheinland-pfälzischen Idar-Oberstein und in Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg.
Biontech wurde in der Corona-Pandemie mit seinem Covid-19-Impfstoff weltbekannt.
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