By Stelios Kandias
“The goal is to have a one-year coronavirus vaccine, and within the next three years we can expect vaccines for cancer as well,” said Albert Burla, president and CEO of Pfizer. in the context of the 7th Delphi Economic Forum.
As Mr. Bourlas said in the discussion with SKAI journalist Pavlos Tsimas“We have the weapons, the new vaccines.”
The next 1-2 years are likely to find vaccines for other diseases using mRNA technology. Within the next 3 years we can expect vaccines for cancer and in the next 2 years vaccines for other diseases noted.
“Only in mRNA technology in two years we gained a decade of experience, which will be a springboard for new applications” explained the CEO of Pfizernoting the “changes that have taken place in the way clinical trials are conducted”.
As Mr. Bourlas pointed out, the measures will be relaxed, because the society demands it urgently, as we have treatments that cause “change of the game”. “All this will give us our lives back this year,” he said, although he clarified that the virus will be with us in the coming years.
Regarding Pfizer’s investment in Thessaloniki, he stated that “we have thousands of scientists with huge potential but they do not have the opportunity. I was sure that if we created a center in Thessaloniki we would have very important results, as it happened. The Pfizer center in Thessaloniki is showing fantastic results, while many CEOs of other companies have already made the decision to come to Athens or Thessaloniki “.
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