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Wait, did pfizer really develop the vaccine? Iirc, it was BioNTech, and Pfizer is just the exculsive distributor in the US.
by akomtu 4y ago
Wait, did pfizer really develop the vaccine? Iirc, it was BioNTech, and Pfizer is just the exculsive distributor in the US.
- solarkraft 4y agoIt was BioNTech who developed it (as a German I'm annoyed to hear this name so little), but Pfizer has played a big role in getting it produced and distributed.
- tylerhou 4y agoThere is a lot that goes into distribution. It’s not just scping your git repository to some machines on AWS. It’s developing the infrastructure, processes, tooling, etc. to create and package hundreds of millions of doses of a highly specialized and advanced drug with extraordinarily high reliability. If something does wrong, people will be harmed. It’s also about conducting clinical trials properly and working with regulators to get approval for your drug. Probably a lot more happening behind the scenes I haven’t mentioned. All of this effort takes hundreds of thousands of person-hours w/ highly specialized expertise. https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-announce-further-details-collaboration https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-deta... Disclaimer: I have a family member who works at Pfizer (but none of this info is from them).