BioNTech Founders Leaving to Start Company Focused on mRNA Products

German biopharmaceutical company BioNTech co-founders Ugur Sahin (L) and Ozlem Tureci receive a prize in Berlin on June 10, 2025. Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty ImagesThe co-founders of BioNTech, which helped create one of the most-used COVID-19 vaccines, are departing the German company to start their own firm.Drs. Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci will be leaving BioNTech by the end of the year, BioNTech said on March 10.