BioNTech’s Karikó to receive honorary citizenship of Szeged
Biochemist Katalin Karikó has been nominated to receive this year’s honorary citizenship from Szeged, in southern Hungary, the local government’s press chief told MTI on Tuesday.
Karikó, who currently lives in the US, graduated from Szeged University and started her research career in the city, according to a laudation published on szeged.hu.
Karikó is a senior vice president of BioNTech. She has been instrumental in developing the company’s Covid-19 vaccine.
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