Biontech lukker næsten alle produktionsanlæg i Tyskland

Den tyske biotekvirksomhed Biontech planlægger at skære op mod 1860 stillinger i Tyskland. Virksomheden vil lukke adskillige produktionsanlæg og indstille produktionen af covid-vacciner der i år. Kun rene kontorlokationer vil bestå.

Det Mainz-baserede biotekselskab Biontech vil lukke adskillige produktionsanlæg i Tyskland og indstille produktionen af covid-vacciner dér inden årets udgang. Op mod 1860 stillinger skal nedlægges, hvilket berører omkring 22 procent af medarbejderstaben. Biontech beskæftiger i øjeblikket omkring 8400 ansatte. Aktien faldt fem procent efter meddelelsen.

Omstruktureringen er et svar på den kraftigt reducerede efterspørgsel på covid-vacciner i Europa og USA siden pandemiens afslutning. Virksomheden henviser desuden til yderligere produktionskapacitet fra opkøbet af rivalen Curevac fra Tübingen samt partnerskaber med amerikanske giganter inden for medicinalindustrien som Pfizer og Bristol Myers Squibb.

Produktionen af covid-vacciner vil blive fuldt overført til Pfizer, mens Bristol Myers Squibb overtager produktionen af kræftmidlet Pumitamig, som stadig er under udvikling. Indtægterne fra vaccineproduktionen deles nogenlunde ligeligt mellem Pfizer og Biontech.

Inden udgangen af 2027 skal fabrikkerne i Idar-Oberstein, Marburg og Singapore, såvel som Curevac-lokationerne, lukkes ned. Biontech undersøger salgsmuligheder for de berørte lokationer for at mindske antallet af fyringer.

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