1. The founders of German biotech company BioNTech Özlem Türeci and Ugur Sahin both received the Große Verdienstkreuz mit Stern des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland“ in March 2021. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/biontech-bundesverdienstkreuz-101.html (accessed March 31, 2021)
2. V. Ideen, wenig Geld'' (''Many ideas, little money'') - German Tagesschau, February 27, 2021. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/biotechnologie-biontech-forschung-101.html (accessed March 31, 2021)
3. https://www.biotechaustria.org/(accessed March 31, 2021)
4. https://www.epo.org/news-events/in-focus/research.html#european-research (accessed March 31, 2021)
5. M. Diederich, Wirtschaftswoche of 19 February 2021, https://www.wiwo.de/erfolg/gruender/forschung-deutschland-sollte-mehr-biontech-wagen/26904148.html (accessed March 31, 2021)