Question

Which of the following vaccines is/are jointly developed by the German company BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer for COVID-19? (correct answer + 2, wrong answer - 0.50)

• A. BNT162
• B. PICOVACC
• C. BBIBP-CorV
• D. mRNA-1273

Answer 1

The correct option is A BNT162

BNT162 is jointly developed by the German company BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer. It is a group of four potential vaccines based on the messenger RNA or mRNA, concept.

PICOVACC is an inactivated virus vaccine developed by the private biopharma company Sinovac.

BBIBP-CorV is an inactivates virus vaccine developed by Sinopharm.

mRNA-1273 is an mRNA based vaccine which is developed by Moderna.