THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH US NOW EXCLUSIVELY WITH
PFIZER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
IT’S OBVIOUSLY EXTRAORDINARY TO
SEE NINE MAJOR PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES COME TOGETHER LIKE
THIS AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR
COMPETITION OVER A VACCINE AND
SAY AND PROMISE WE WILL NOT RUSH
IT.
WE WILL MAKE SURE SCIENCE COMES
FIRST, NOT POLITICS.
WHAT PROMPTED THIS?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME HERE.
THE ONLY RIVAL HERE IS THE VIRUS
AND THE TIME TO GET THE VACCINE
TO THIS.
IT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT.
IT’S AN HISTORIC PLEDGE.
NINE VACCINE MAKERS ARE COMING
OUT SAYING THEY WILL STAND WITH
SCIENCE.
AND THE WORLD IS LOOKING TO
SCIENCE RIGHT NOW IN PARTICULAR
TO VACCINE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WILL BRING US TO THE END OF THIS
PANDEMIC.
HOWEVER, WITH INCREASING PUBLIC
CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESSES
THAT WE ARE USING TO DEVELOP
THESE VACCINES AND MORE
IMPORTANT, THE PROCESSES THAT
WOULD BE USED TO EVALUATE THESE
VACCINES, WE SAW IT AS CRITICAL
TO COME OUT AND REITERATE OUR
COMMITMENT.
WE WILL DEVELOP OUR PRODUCTS,
OUR VACCINES USING THE HIGHEST
ETHICAL STANDARDS.
AND THE MOST SCIENTIFIC
PROCESSES.
>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I
JUST WANT TO ASK BECAUSE
YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT SAID WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE VERY
SOON. MAYBE EVEN BEFORE A VERY SPECIAL
MAYBE EVEN BEFORE A VERY SPECIAL
DAY WHICH WAS AN ALLUSION TO
ELECTION DAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> I DO NOT WANT TO COMMEND WHAT
THE PRESIDENT SAYS.
TO THIS DAY, WE ARE SAYING WE
WILL ONLY SUBMIT FOR
AUTHORIZATION WHEN WE HAVE
EVIDENCE OF SAFETY AND EFFICACY
THAT ARE COMING FROM A
WELL-DESIGNED SAFETY STANDARD.
>> YOU HAVE SAID, I BELIEVE
YOU’VE TOLD INVESTORS, THAT
PFIZER COULD KNOW AS SOON AS
OCTOBER IF ONE OF ITS VACCINE
CANDIDATES IS SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE.
OTHERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION,
THE VACCINE CHIEF HAS SAID HE
SEES A VERY LOW CHANCE OF A
VACCINE BY ELECTION DAY.
DR. FAUCI SAID IT’S UNLIKELY
ALTHOUGH POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD
KNOW ABOUT EFFICACY AND SAFETY
BY OCTOBER.
SO WHERE DOES THIS STAND FOR
YOU?
>> FOR OUR VACCINES, OUR PHASE
THREE IS PROGRESSING VERY WELL.
WE HAVE ALREADY INCLUDED 25,000
PATIENTS.
WHEN IT’S OUT DEPENDS ON
MULTIPLE VARIABLES.
BUT RIGHT NOW OUR BEST CASE
PREDICTS THAT WE WILL HAVE AN
ANSWER BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
OF COURSE, THIS ONLY PREDICTION.
IT IS 60% CHANCES IN OUR BEST
CASE WE WILL HAVE AN ANSWER BY
THE END OF OCTOBER.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN ANSWER TO
WHETHER IT’S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE,
NOT AN APPROVAL.
NOT SHOTS IN THE ARM IN OCTOBER.
>> ABSOLUTELY, YES.
IT IS GOING TO BE IF IT IS SAFE
AND EFFECTIVE.
>> BEFORE I LET YOU GO, WE PUT
UP A POLL NUMBER.
I’M SURE YOU’VE SEEN THESE.
A QUARTER OF AMERICANS SAY THEY
DON’T WANT TO GET THE VACCINE
EVER.
ANOTHER POLL OUT SAID THAT 65
PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT A VACCINE IN
THIS YEAR WOULD BE RUSHED.
PEOPLE HAVE TRUST ISSUES.
THEY’VE GOT TRUST ISSUES WITH
THE GOVERNMENT AND FRANKLY THEY
HAVE TRUST ISSUES WITH
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.
WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY TO
THEM THIS MORNING?
>> I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS.
I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH
CONFUSION DURING THIS COVID
CRISIS.
NO ONE KNOWS WHOM TO BELIEVE AND
WHAT TO BELIEVE.
HOWEVER, THEY NEED TO KNOW WE
ARE MAKING MEDICINES FOR 171
YEARS IN PFIZER.
WE WERE FOUNDED IN BROOKLYN 171
YEARS AGO.
AND WE PLAN TO HONOR OUR HISTORY
AND TO ONLY BRING TO THE WORLD A
VACCINE THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
ALSO I WANT TO TELL THEM THAT
THEIR DECISION -- THEY NEED TO
UNDERSTAND WILL ONLY AFFECT
THEIR LIVES.
WHICH AT THE END OF THE DAY IT
IS THEIR JUDGMENT.
BUT IT WILL AFFECT OTHERS.
BECAUSE IF THEY DON’T VAXCCINATE
THEY WILL BECOME THE WEAK LINK
THAT ALLOWS THE VIRUS TO
REPLICATE.
>> THE STAKES COULD NOT BE
HIGHER, SIR.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR
SCIENTISTS WHO ARE WORKING HARD
FOR A VACCINE ALONG WITH THE