First Ultras enemies Dietmar Hopp in soccer Germany, now he is the great hope for a vaccine against the corona virus. All developments here in the news ticker.
- Dietmar Hopp * was recently vilified by Ultras in the Bundesliga because of his role as patron of 1899 Hoffenheim .
- The Baden resident is the majority owner of the pharmaceutical company CureVac , which is researching a vaccine against the insidious coronavirus *.
- Hopp turns from an enemy of the organized fan scene to a beacon of hope in the Corona crisis *.
Munich / Tübingen - All eyes on Tübingen: In the university town of Swabia, the pharmaceutical company CureVac is researching a vaccine against the insidious coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) - funded by Dietmar Hopp * .
The patron of 1899 Hoffenheim is the majority owner of the research company - and, together with his business partner, hopes for a foreseeable breakthrough in the search for an effective vaccine .
Corona vaccine: hopes rest on Dietmar Hopp's CureVac
"Safety, tolerability and effectiveness have to be shown and guaranteed - none of this is rocket science, but it takes time," explained Dr. Friedrich von Bohlen Focus Online : “As of today we can start testing the vaccine on people in early summer. If everything goes well, the vaccine will be available at the end of this year. ”Bohlen is a partner at CureVac alongside Hopp .
"If everything goes smoothly, a vaccine could be available in the fall," Hopp had previously said to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung : "We are moving in the area of speculation. But it is also clear to everyone: January 2021 would still be bearable, December 2021 certainly not. "
Dietmar Hopp: From the enemy image of the ultras to the beacon of hope in the corona crisis
The trend is clear: a vaccine is to be produced this year in order to curb the corona crisis, at least in terms of health policy.
The fact that billionaire Hopp , of all people, is also a beacon of hope for the Bundesliga, which is keen to get through the 2019/20 season, has a bad taste: After all, ultras from the organized fan scene had hostile insults to the football patrons.
Can his company CureVac manufacture the much needed coronavirus vaccine ? Follow all developments here in the news ticker .
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