Dietmar Hopp finds words of praise in the fight against the corona virus. His company gives a specific time for available vaccine.
- The Bundesliga game between TSG Hoffenheim and FC Bayern was recently interrupted.
- FCB-Ultras directed revile posters at the TSG patron Dietmar Hopp - and not just them.
- Due to the Corona crisis, Hopp has meanwhile become a global hope .
Update of March 31: We conclude this ticker here - all further information on Dietmar Hopp's pharmaceutical company search for a vaccine against the coronavirus can be found under this news ticker (link) *.
Hopp partner: Coronavirus vaccine "available later this year"
Update of March 30th: Disparaged, insulted and scorned by football fans and supporters for years. Now he is the global bearer of hope.
Dietmar Hopp becomes a rescuer in the Corona crisis . CureVac , a life sciences company in which the patron of TSG Hoffenheim is also involved, is currently developing a vaccine against the coronavirus .
Now Dr. Friedrich von Bohlen , also a partner of CureVac, called a specific point in time for the finished vaccine. "Safety, tolerability and effectiveness have to be shown and guaranteed - none of this is rocket science, but it takes time," says Dr. Bohlen told Focus Online : “As of today, we can start testing the vaccine on people in early summer . If all goes well, the vaccine may be available by the end of this year . ”
Bundesliga: Hopp company specifies the specific time for the available coronavirus vaccine
Hoffenheim's patron Hopp.
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Update from March 22nd, 9.09am: In the fight against the corona virus , the football professionals have received high praise from Dietmar Hopp . "In the past, footballers have often acted extremely sensitively and socially. The national team has just announced a donation of millions, and I am sure that this was not the last action," said the billionaire of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , who simultaneously brought the players into the Duty took on: "I expect solidarity and sensitivity to the situation."
The bosses of German football are also getting away well. "With today's knowledge, it remains to be seen that the DFL and DFB act responsibly because they try to keep the game going so that the clubs receive at least the budgeted income from the TV money," said the entrepreneur. FC Bayern players donated around million euros.
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Hopp on Corona vaccine: Funds could be available by autumn
When it comes to vaccine against Sars-CoV-2 , Hopp does not deviate from his line. "If everything goes smoothly, a vaccine could be available in the fall," said the majority owner of the company CureVac. However, he could not give a guarantee. "We are in the area of speculation. But it is also clear to everyone: January 2021 would still be bearable, December 2021 certainly not," he said.
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Hopp announces soon to be vaccine against Corona - Munich doctor doubts, but puts alternatives in the room
Update of March 21, 1:20 p.m .: It is the question that concerns almost everyone at the moment: When can a vaccine against the coronavirus be expected? The latest statements from Tübingen give hope: "If the data is good and the authorities give their okay, we can start a larger study this year," said the acting head of the Biotec company CureVac, Franz Werner Haas thousands of people will have the antidote injected. The masses could even fall back on this in the best of cases this year - at the latest in 2021.
The group can also rely on financial support from Brussels for its research. The company has already committed 80 million euros to the company. The money is to be used to expand the production facilities.
Hopp announces soon to be vaccine against Corona - Munich doctor doubts, but puts alternatives in the room
Update from March 21st, 8.30 a.m .: From the fine image of football fans to global savior? It is the paradoxical story of Dietmar Hopp. His biotech company CureVac is desperately searching for a vaccine against the coronavirus - and is apparently making great strides in the process. There is already talk of an antidote in autumn. But how realistic is the patron's assessment? Or is it possibly excessive optimism in the current situation? According to coronavirus expert Professor Dr. Clemens Wendtner is more the case. In his view, the lender had made his statement too prematurely: "We assume that the development will take at least a year and that a vaccine will therefore not be available until 2021."
And he brakes immediately: “As the majority owner of the company, Mr. Hopp seems to be endowed with a particularly large portion of optimism on this issue. Of course I would be happy if his company actually makes it through autumn, but personally I don't expect it. ”Nevertheless, the research is already making first progress. The scientist therefore hopes that the first effective drug against Covid-19 will soon be available. A substance called Remdesivir is said to have had initial resounding success. The expert explains in detail at merkur.de * how the drug works and which rumors are spread incorrectly.
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Update from March 20, 8:45 p.m .: Dietmar Hopp becomes a beacon of hope in the corona crisis - we explain his biotech and sports empire *.
Dietmar Hopp's firm firmly believes in corona vaccine
Update of March 19, 10.35 a.m .: Further positive reports from Dietmar Hopp's biotech company CureVac.
Also on Thursday this gave hope for a corona vaccine . "We are making good progress," said CureVac managing director Friedrich von Bohlen of the Rheinische Post . "We will soon be able to go to preclinical tests and test the vaccine on animals, and in summer we can start clinical tests on humans - above all, we have to find the right dose." Dievini holds 82 percent of the vaccine developer CureVac, according to the newspaper. where von Bohlen also sits on the supervisory board. When asked when the vaccine was coming, he said: "It depends on many factors and also on how this pandemic develops." If it goes dramatically, "accelerations will be possible".
"But I am certain that the vaccine will come, " said von Bohlen. CureVac can also ramp up production quickly after approval. "Curevac would be able to produce over a hundred million cans a year today," said von Bohlen.
Hopp about Corona vaccine: "With a positive course ..."
Update from March 18, 2:50 p.m .: Recently the enemy of the organized Ultras scene, today the beacon of hope in the corona crisis of the Bundesliga - and the worldwide fight against the corona virus .
SAP founder and 1899 Hoffenheim patron Dietmar Hopp goes through really turbulent weeks. Remarkable: Hopp is not only the majority owner of the first division club from Baden, but also of the Tübingen pharmaceutical company Curevac , in which research is under high pressure for a vaccine against the coronavirus .
Hoffenheim's patron Hopp.
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“If the course is positive, we could start clinical tests around early summer. Because the pressure is enormous, approval from the authorities should go faster than in other cases. So we would be able to deliver the vaccine in the fall, ”the 79-year-old billionaire told Bild .
Regarding the alleged offer from the USA that Curevac should research exclusively for the United States, Hopp said: "If we succeed in developing an effective vaccine, this person should not only reach and protect people around the world, but in solidarity around the world."
As the picture further reports, the European Union (EU) has provided the company with loans of up to 80 million euros for the fastest possible research against the lung disease Covid-19 .
According to the report, the first football ultras after the hate posters against the large entrepreneur show remorse. Ultras from second division SV Darmstadt 98 are said to have made an appeal to organized fan scenes from other clubs to rethink how they deal with Hopp .
Meanwhile, Joachim Löw finds serious words on the subject of the corona crisis. "The earth resists man", his ominous theory.
Corona virus in the Bundesliga: Dietmar Hopp is suddenly considered a beacon of hope
First message from March 16: Bayern coach Hansi Flick sprints angrily across the lawn, builds up in front of the fans and loudly scolds their banner. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Oliver Kahn also march in the direction of the fan curve and calm down the mood there.
The intermittent game between TSG Hoffenheim and FC Bayern (0: 6) on match day 24 will then only be played under the most bizarre circumstances. Both teams show solidarity against some supporters in the stands and only pass the ball to each other.
Corona crisis / Dietmar Hopp: From the hate object of the Ultras to the global hope?
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This incident was almost two weeks ago. FC Bayern * ultras had unrolled posters during the game on February 29, insulting Dietmar Hopp in the worst possible way. Incidents of this kind also occurred in other Bundesliga stadiums. The longstanding dispute between the Ultras , the DFB and Dietmar Hopp seemed to escalate at the time.
Corona crisis and football: Virus lets forget ultra problems
But no one talks about it anymore. No more hostility takes place in the stadiums. There are no hate posters against Hopp . However, there is no game on the lawn either. The corona virus has forgotten the ultra problem in the Bundesliga.
Due to the rapid spread of Covid-19 , the DFL suspended play on Monday in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga until at least April 2. Even after that, things will not go as usual, DFL boss Christian Seibert explained. The EM 2020 will probably not be held in the summer either.
Germany is afraid of the corona virus *. Public life could soon come to a standstill. A crisis of unknown magnitude is looming. And right now Dietmar Hopp, of all people, could become the global beacon of hope.
There are also advantages to having billionaires in your own country. CureVac is 80% owned by SAP founder Dietmar Hopp. You can't even bribe a billionaire. https://t.co/kjrQ1Lg9nm
- Jan Fleischhauer (@janfleischhauer) March 15, 2020The 79-year-old raised expectations on Monday that a vaccine against the coronavirus * could be available in a few months, even freezing US President Donald Trump . Meanwhile, a particularly insane corona virus challenge is causing a stir.
Corona crisis / Dietmar Hopp: From the hate object of the Ultras to the global hope?
The Tübingen-based biotech company CureVac, majority-owned by Hopp, has been working on a solution to the corona crisis since January and, according to Hopp, has come closer to it. “I think the fabric should be available by autumn. But first you have to do tests on animals and then on humans, ”said the 79-year-old in an interview with Sport1.
There Hopp also revealed why he rejected Trump's immoral offer: “Such a deal was never an option. It cannot be that a German company develops the vaccine and it is used exclusively in the USA . That was not an option for me, ”said Hopp . The US is said to have offered $ 1 billion for exclusive rights to the new vaccine.
Corona crisis / Dietmar Hopp: From the ultra crosshairs to the savior of football?
A social creed that has accompanied the successful entrepreneur Hopp for a long time. He donated around 800 million euros for charitable purposes and only recently got his motivation for it in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung : “If you have become as rich as I do, then you simply have an obligation to give something back to society . It is sorely needed to support people in so many places. ”
The man who was symbolically picked up by the Ultras recently could therefore guarantee that these people will soon be able to go to the football stadium again without fear and worry. It would fit so well in this crazy time.
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