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Albert Bourla
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is the winner of this year’s Genesis Prize, sometimes called the “Jewish Nobel.”
January 26, 2022, 5:54 pm
Pfizer CEO Wins Genesis Prize
Albert Bourla was awarded the prestigious million-dollar prize, which he’s pledged to donate to causes that honor the memory of Greek Jews killed in the Holocaust.
By Bob Bahr
Israeli youth receive dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on September 20, 2021 in Jerusalem. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 ***
September 28, 2021, 7:52 pm
Pfizer Submits Initial COVID Vaccine Trial Data to FDA for Children Aged 5-11
Pharmaceutical company files information from study involving over 2,000 children; says not yet requesting emergency use authorization, but expected to do so in weeks.
By TOI STAFF
In this March 2, 2021, file photo, pharmacy technician Hollie Maloney loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. (AP/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
August 23, 2021, 3:50 pm
FDA Gives Full Approval to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Ages 16 and Up
US becomes first country to officially endorse shot; hundreds of millions of doses administered since emergency rollout in December.
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE
The gene science that led to the coronavirus vaccine has the potential to treat many diseases in the future.
April 29, 2021, 4:19 pm
After COVID, Cancer Vaccine on Horizon
With vaccinations in full swing, gene therapy for cancer may only be few years away.
By Bob Bahr
By year’s end, elementary school students will be eligible for vaccinations, said Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.
March 23, 2021, 4:30 pm
Israelis Optimistic as Third Lockdown Restrictions Ease
Economy opens up to those vaccinated or recovered from virus.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is generally credited with driving the company to develop its COVID vaccine in record time.
February 18, 2021, 5:37 pm
Pfizer CEO’s Jewish Past Inspired Vaccine Work
Family of top pharmaceutical leader Albert Bourla miraculously survived the Holocaust in Salonika, Greece.
By Bob Bahr
Jews play a big role in development of the COVID-19 vaccine.
November 17, 2020, 5:56 pm
COVID-19 Vaccines Have Jewish Links
Emory University researchers and local volunteers in human trials played a role in testing of one of the two announced vaccines.
By Dave Schechter
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