BERLIN— BioNTech SE, the German biotech company that with Pfizer Inc. developed the first Western Covid-19 shot, unveiled mobile vaccine production units that it aims to deploy across Africa and other regions that have had limited access to supplies.
The modular factories, encased in shipping containers, will produce so-called messenger RNA vaccines and operate on a not-for-profit basis in developing countries, the company said Wednesday. Each unit, comprising 12 containers, can produce around 50 million doses a year.
