BioNTech Acquires Lipid Nanoparticle Startup Founded by George Mason and UPenn Scientists

BioNTech, the German drug company famous for developing a Covid-19 vaccine with Pfizer, has acquired AexeRNA and its novel lipid nanoparticles for mRNA medicines, Endpoints News has learned. AexeRNA is a tiny startup that largely exists on paper. It has no lab or staff scientists, just a former patent lawyer as its CEO and several scientific co-founders, including mRNA pioneer and recent Nobel Prize laureate Drew Weissman from the University of Pennsylvania, and bioengineer Michael Buschmann of George Mason University.

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