B.C.âs âworld-classâ biotech sector plays key role in developing COVID-19 treatments and vaccines B.C.'s biotech is punching above its weight, with key vaccine developments and helping develop treatments to ease the suffering of those infected Author of the article: Gordon Hoekstra Publishing date: May 08, 2021  â¢Â 3 hours ago  â¢Â 12 minute read  â¢Â The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech used technology developed in B.C. by Acuitas Therapetuics. The green half-sphere is a cutaway view of the lipid nanoparticle, 1/1000th the width of a human hair. which protects the mRNA, represented by yellow helices. The white 'clouds' are a chemical added to improve efficiency. Photo by Acuitas Therapeutics /PNG