"Takeovers are out of the question for the majority shareholders and for us anyway. Our vision is to build a biopharmaceutical company that addresses the medical needs of the 21st century," Sahin told the newspaper.
A BioNTech spokeswoman confirmed the content of the interview.
Earlier this week, shares in BioNTech soared after Germany gave the green light for human trials of potential coronavirus vaccines it is developing with Pfizer. BioNTech said it was developing four vaccine candidates under a programme with Pfizer named BNT162 in what is the fourth trial worldwide of a vaccine targeting the virus.