GSK takes 10% stake in CureVac to bolster mRNA vaccine development. British pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will invest £ 130 million ($ 163 million) to purchase 10 percent of CureVac, Germany's biotechnology company.
GSK will also initiate cooperation with this investment. It will be about develop up to five mRNA-based vaccines using the technology CureVac uses to develop the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the company statement, CureVac's COVID-19 mRNA and rabies vaccine research and development are not included in the agreement.
CureVac announced in June that it would begin human trials in Germany for the COVID-19 vaccine.
The company, which is based in Tübingen and supported by the organization of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, uses the RNA approach that BioNTech and its partner Pfizer, as well as Moderna, applies to developing a vaccine against coronavirus.