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COVID-19 is still a bigger worry than monkeypox

Albert Bourla, CEO of pharmaceutical company Pfizer, told Sky News the above content.

The increase in the number of cases monkey pox in 21 countries outside Africa, including 78 cases recorded in the UK, has raised concerns that a significant monkeypox outbreak is underway. However, Mr. Albert Bourla said that it is very unlikely to become a pandemic.

Mr. Bourla said: “We are monitoring and monitoring very carefully. It seems that the disease is not contagious, so it is very difficult for monkeypox to become a pandemic and it seems that there is a vaccine that can fight this disease. We are keeping calm and monitoring the situation, but I think right now the real problem is still COVID-19“.

Mr. Bourla announced a groundbreaking program to make all of Pfizer’s current and future patent-protected drugs affordable to 45 of the world’s lowest-income countries.

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According to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, COVID-19 remains a bigger concern than monkeypox. (Photo: AP)

Pfizer, in partnership with German biotech company BioNTech, was the first to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine has been approved.

The pandemic has underscored the importance of the pharmaceutical industry and its broader responsibility, Bourla said.

The initiative, Pfizer estimates, could provide cheaper medicines for 1.2 billion people and address the gap in access to treatments for many populations in developing countries. develop.

The 23 drugs, which are used to treat infectious diseases, cancer and rare inflammatory conditions, will be provided by Pfizer at no profit.

According to Mr. Bourla, Pfizer is monitoring the developments of the companies variant COVID-19 to adapt the vaccine if required and will submit new versions of the vaccine to regulators in the UK, Europe and the US at the appropriate time.

“I’m not concerned about production capacity, we can build production capacity to meet the needs of the whole world. Right now, we’re tracking variations and we’ve found that there are a few. variants are smarter than others, and they can avoid the therapeutic potential of drugs,” Bourla said.

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