Pfizer expects to cut COVID-19 vaccine production time by close to 50% as production ramps up, effic

[PeteS in CA]

Pfizer expects to cut COVID-19 vaccine production time by close to 50% as production ramps up, efficiencies increase

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/02/07/pfizer-expects-cut-covid-19-vaccine-production-time-almost-50/4423251001/

Pfizer expects to nearly cut in half the amount of time it takes to produce a batch of COVID-19 vaccine from 110 days to an average of 60 as it makes the process more efficient and production is built out, the company told USA TODAY.
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"We call this 'Project Light Speed,' and it's called that for a reason," said Chaz Calitri, Pfizer's vice president for operations for sterile injectables, who runs the company's plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. "Just in the last month we've doubled output."

The increased speed and capacity is not unexpected, said Robert Van Exan, president of Immunization Policy and Knowledge Translation, a vaccine production consulting firm.

“Nobody’s ever produced mRNA vaccines at this scale, so you can bet your bottom dollar the manufacturers are learning as they go. I bet you every day they run into some vaccine challenge and every day they solve it, and that goes into their playbook,” he said.

If you see skews reports that Pfizer has agreed with the Biden MalAdministration to increase deliveries, this is what is really happening. Pfizer's manufacturing people have simply learned the process and are doing it more efficiently. Biden has zero to do with that (as would Trump, had he been reelected).

[jmyrlefuller]

If you see skews reports that Pfizer has agreed with the Biden MalAdministration to increase deliveries, this is what is really happening. Pfizer's manufacturing people have simply learned the process and are doing it more efficiently. Biden has zero to do with that (as would Trump, had he been reelected).

I find it ironic that Pfizer went out of its way to distance itself from the Warp Speed funding it got, but isn't doing the same about the rumors of which you speak.

[PeteS in CA]

I find it ironic that Pfizer went out of its way to distance itself from the Warp Speed funding it got, but isn't doing the same about the rumors of which you speak.

A Pfizer exec used half-truth to be a partisan A-hole - while BioNTech and Pfizer used only their $$ to develop and start testing their vaccine (the half-truth). The exec didn't mention that in July the FDA Fast-Tracked their vaccine, and action that saved Pfizer millions or tens of millions of dollars and (also in July) OWS negotiated a ~$2B conditional contract (a guaranteed market) for 100M doses, with options for a couple 100M more (the half of the truth that was withheld).

At the time Pfizer Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla (not the half-truthing A-hole) was rather happy about that purchase contract, https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-announce-agreement-us-government-600 .