Pfizer CEO promises to accelerate vaccine development to less than 100 days to combat the ‘high probability’ that mutant Covid variants will render current vaccines ineffective
- Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, spoke at a virtual summit in Davos on Friday
- Bourla said they are working to accelerate the vaccine creation process
- Vaccines against COVID-19 were created in record time: Bourla said they need to go faster
- The CEO also warned that in the future vaccines may not be effective
The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer revealed that his company is trying to accelerate vaccine development to less than 100 days, warning that there is a “great possibility” that vaccines in the future will not be effective.
New York-based Pfizer was the first company in the world to produce a COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently being administered worldwide.
However, Albert Bourla, CEO, told the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2021 that vaccines may one day not be the solution, at a session held on Friday.
“It is very likely that this will happen one day,” said Bourla, according to Business Insider.
Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s CEO, spoke at a virtual Davos summit on Friday
Your company’s vaccine against COVID-19 was the first to be approved
Bourla said Pfizer was working to accelerate vaccine research and development if it did.
Bourla said that, in preparation for future pandemics, they intend to move from recognizing the threat of the disease to obtaining an authorized vaccine in less than 100 days – an even shorter schedule than the 300-day target set by Operation Warp last year. Trump Rapidity government.
COVID-19 vaccines were developed at record speed, due to technological advances, massive funding and public willingness to participate in trials.
Bourla was one of four speakers on a panel that discussed the need for collaboration between companies and governments to combat future threats to human health.
He was accompanied by the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Ine Eriksen Soreide; the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; Germany’s health minister, Jens Spahn; and Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovation.
Bourla warned that the world cannot become complacent with vaccines
Bourla said Pfizer is working to accelerate the vaccine development process
Hatchett stressed the need to be prepared for recurrences, according to the website.
“Governments must recognize that emerging infectious diseases and the strands of the pandemic are an existential threat to our society,” said Hatchett, former director of the Advanced Biomedical Research and Development Authority.
‘They are an emerging property in the way we live.’
Hatchett said governments should invest in preparing for future pandemics, warning that future pandemics could be even more lethal.