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UK signs deal with BioNTech for cancer vaccine trials

Around 10,000 people set to take part in clinical trials from Covid-19 vaccine maker

The UK government has signed a deal with German Covid-19 vaccine maker BioNTech to speed up clinical trials for cancer vaccines.

BioNTech, which developed one of the world’s most-used Covid-19 vaccines with US pharmaceutical group Pfizer, said the agreement could result in around 10,000 UK patients receiving cancer vaccines by the end of 2030, either in clinical trails or as an authorised treatment.

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