Pfizer CEO: ‘Disappointed’ in presidential debate, vows no political pressure on Covid shot

The CEO of Pfizer — one of the frontrunners in the coronavirus vaccine race — said in a staff memo Thursday that the company wouldn’t cave to political pressure to rush its vaccine to market, while at the same time decrying "those who argue for delay."

“Tuesday night I joined the millions of Americans who tuned in to the Presidential debate. Once more, I was disappointed that the prevention for a deadly disease was discussed in political terms rather than scientific facts,” Albert Bourla said in an internal memo obtained by POLITICO.

His memo to staff Thursday sticks to that goal while also asserting Pfizer's independence in the face of strong pressure from the White House to deliver a shot before Election Day. "Now, we are approaching our goal and despite not having any political considerations with our pre-announced date, we find ourselves in the crucible of the U.S. Presidential election," Bourla wrote, later adding "we would never succumb to political pressure."

Trump last week said he might block FDA's proposal to strengthen its standards for allowing emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines — standards that would almost certainly rule out having a vaccine ready for use by early November. The president also accused FDA of acting based on political considerations, rather than science, without offering any evidence to support the claim.

The only people using pressure is fakenews....anything to stir more controversy.

Fake News...Why would any company open the door to civil or criminal litigation by falsifying evidence ?

Every day Pfizer delays the vaccine's release, thousands more die needlessly.

I call bullshit.

Regardless of what he says most people are not going to trust any vaccine that is offered before the election.

pfizer AlbertBourla YOU FIRST!

This is good. One of my former company’s holding out for science. BUT Read the article. The number of patients’ data they’re going to look at preliminarily: 34 out of 44,000.

Who precisely is arguing for delay?

No one is arguing w delay just away to zing Dems for no reason

The pandemic totally isn’t political

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