Europe’s place on the partnering path

European partnerships have been center stage in the global response to the COVID pandemic, putting the region’s innovation squarely on the map for future partners.

The  relationship between BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) was forged in a 2018 deal to create flu vaccines; the deal between  AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NASDAQ:AZN) and Oxford University was created in the cauldron of the pandemic. Both yielded products that have defined the industry’s most important achievement since the birth of biotech...