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Coronavirus vaccine could be on market in mid-2021: CureVac

FILE PHOTO: Employee Philipp Hoffmann, of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac,
FILE PHOTO: Employee Philipp Hoffmann, of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen

BERLIN (Reuters) – A vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic by CureVac could be on the market in mid-2021, the unlisted German company said on Wednesday.

CureVac might be able to apply for approval early next year, Klaus Cichutek, President of German vaccine regulator PEI, added during a joint videoconference.

(Reporting by Ludwig Burger and Thomas Seythal; Editing by Madeline Chambers)