BioNTech COO Sean Marett Reveals How To Spend $270M

12 Apr 2018

• By Mike Ward

BioNTech AG raised $270m in a series A venture round at the start of 2018 as it pursues an ambition to create a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company. COO Sean Marett tells Scrip how the funds will be invested.

Sean Marett, BioNTech COO • Source: BioNTech

BioNTech AG raised $270m in a series A venture round at the start of 2018 as it pursues an ambition to create a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company. During BIO-Europe Spring 2018, BioNTech COO Sean Marett told Scrip how the funds will be invested.

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