Pfizer executive targets end of year for COVID-19 vaccine

[TexasTowelie]

BOSTON (AP) — An executive at a Massachusetts facility helping create a potential vaccine for the coronavirus said Thursday that the company hopes to have the treatment ready by the end of the year.

“We have the potential, subject to technical success and regulatory authorization, to manufacture up to 100 million vaccine doses by the end of this year and up to 1.3 billion doses by the end of 2021,” said Meg Ruesch, research and development leader at Pfizer Inc.’s Andover, Massachusetts, facility.

The vaccine candidate, a collaboration between Pfizer and BioNTech, “introduces into the body the genetic instructions for the cell to make a specific protein — in this case a SARS-CoV-2 protein — which is intended to stumulate an immune response,” she said.

The data on the trials has been encouraging, she said at a news conference with Gov. Charlie Baker.

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[uponit7771]

2. "Pfizer executive.... vaccine", these guys don't understand how much they're not trusted

[kacekwl]

3. I "targeted" to be retired at 45 I'm 64 Sooooo we'll see. I hope he's correct,

good for stock prices though.

[Iggo]

4. Nice target.

“We have the potential, subject to technical success...”

Yes, I suppose they do have to succeed.