Pfizer CEO promises to accelerate vaccine development in less than 100 days to combat the “high probability” that mutant variants of Covid will make current shots ineffective
- Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, spoke at a virtual summit in Davos on Friday
- Bourla said they were working to speed up the vaccine creation process
- COVID-19 vaccines have been set in record time: Bourla said they had to go faster
- The CEO also warned that in the future vaccines may not be effective
The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has revealed that his company is trying to accelerate vaccine development in less than 100 days, warning that there is a “high chance” that vaccines will not be effective in the future.
New York-based Pfizer was the first company in the world to produce a COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently being administered worldwide.
Still, Albert Bourla, CEO, told the Davos World Economic Forum in 2021 that vaccines one day could not be a solution, in a session held on Friday.
“It’s very likely that one day this will happen,” Bourla said, according to Business Insider.
Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, spoke at a virtual summit in Davos on Friday
His company’s vaccine against COVID-19 was the first to be approved
Bourla said Pfizer was working to speed up vaccine research and development in the event it happened.
Bourla said that in preparation for future pandemics, they intend to move from recognizing the threat of the disease to authorizing a vaccine in less than 100 days, a timeline even below the target of 300. days proposed last year by the Trump administration’s Operation Warp. Speed.
Vaccines against COVID-19 have developed at a record rate, due to technological advances, mass funding, and the public willingness to participate in trials.
Bourla was one of four speakers in a group that discussed the need for collaboration between companies and governments to combat future threats to human health.
He was joined by Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide; the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; German Health Minister Jens Spahn; and Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparationness and Innovation.
Bourla warned that the world could not be pleased with vaccines
Bourla said Pfizer was working to speed up the vaccine development process
Hatchett stressed the need to be prepared for recurrences, according to the site.
“Governments need to recognize emerging infectious diseases and pandemic threads are an existential threat to our society,” said Hatchett, a former director of the Advanced Biomedical Research and Development Authority.
“They are an emerging property of our way of life.”
Hatchett said governments must invest in preparing for future pandemics, warning that future pandemics can be even more lethal.