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Moonshot : inside Pfizer's nine-month race to make the impossible possible

Bourla, Albert (author.).

Summary:

"The exclusive, first-hand, behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer's CEO Dr. Albert Bourla"-- Provided by publisher.
"A riveting, fast-paced, inside look at one of the most incredible private sector achievements in history, Moonshot recounts the intensive nine months in 2020 when the scientists at Pfizer, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Albert Bourla, made "the impossible possible"--creating, testing, and manufacturing a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine that previously would have taken years to develop." -- Inside front book jacket flap.

Contents:

Preface: Luck never comes to the unprepared
Business NOT as usual
What is obvious is not always right
Thinking big makes the impossible possible
Lightspeed
The ultimate joy
Past, present, future
Manufacturing, the second miracle
Equity : easier said than done
Navigating a political minefield
A beacon of hope
The science of trust
A pro-patient, pro-innovation agenda
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Albert Bourla's "
we stand with science"
open letter to colleagues.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780063210820
  • ISBN: 0063210797
  • ISBN: 9780063210790
  • Physical Description: xix, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214).
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: Luck never comes to the unprepared
Business NOT as usual
What is obvious is not always right
Thinking big makes the impossible possible
Lightspeed
The ultimate joy
Past, present, future
Manufacturing, the second miracle
Equity : easier said than done
Navigating a political minefield
A beacon of hope
The science of trust
A pro-patient, pro-innovation agenda
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Albert Bourla's "we stand with science" open letter to colleagues.
Subject: Bourla, Albert
Pfizer Inc.
Drug development History
COVID-19 (Disease) Vaccination
Viral vaccines Biotechnology
Viral vaccines
Vaccines industry
Immunology
Biotechnology
COVID-19 (Disease) Prevention
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
COVID-19 vaccines History
mRNA vaccines History
Viral Vaccines
Allergy and Immunology
Biotechnology
Médicaments Développement Histoire
COVID-19 Vaccination
Vaccins antiviraux Biotechnologie
Vaccins antiviraux
Vaccins Industrie
Immunologie
Biotechnologie
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020-
bioengineering
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
MEDICAL / Immunology
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Research & Development
Pfizer Inc.
Biotechnology
COVID-19 (Disease) Prevention
COVID-19 (Disease) Vaccination
Drug development
Immunology
Vaccines industry
Viral vaccines
Viral vaccines Research
COVID-19 (Disease)
Genre: Informational works.
History.

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