BioNTech  and Pfizer raised 2021’s production target for their Covid-19 vaccine to as many as 2.5-billion doses, with the German biotech company’s chief predicting a version of the shot that can be stored in refrigerators will be ready within months.

The new target represents an increase of about one-quarter from the company’s earlier estimate...

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