Pfizer R&D Chief Mikael Dolsten Reflects On The COVID-19 Pandemic Experience

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"I still remember how I screamed 'oh my god, it's just unbelievable,'" worldwide president R&D Mikael Dolsten told Scrip, reflecting on the moment he heard the first COVID-19 vaccine results.

Mikael Dolsten, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and President, Worldwide Research, Development and Medical of Pfizer Inc.
Pfizer Worldwide president R&D Mikael Dolsten • Source: Pfizer (WENDY BARROWS photography)

For Pfizer Inc. President-Worldwide R&D Mikael Dolsten, the experience of overseeing the development of the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty, in partnership with BioNTech SE, and the antiviral Paxlovid have been unlike any other experience in his 13-year career leading the R&D team at the big pharma.

Dolsten sat down with Scrip at the Galien Foundation's Prix Galien USA Forum in New York on 26 October and...

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