Moonshot : inside Pfizer's nine-month race to make the impossible possible / Dr. Albert Bourla.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780063210790; 0063210797Other title: Inside Pfizer's nine-month race to make the impossible possible | Inside Pfizer's 9-month race to make the impossible possibleSubject(s): Bourla, Albert | Pfizer Inc | 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 | Biotechnology | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Prevention | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Vaccination | Drug development | Immunology | Vaccines industry | Viral vaccines | Viral vaccines -- Research | COVID-19 (Disease)Genre/Form: History. Additional physical formats: Online version:: Moonshot| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 614.4 BOUR (Browse shelf) | Available | 63675 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-214).
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.
"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.
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