Mr. Bourla deserves the Nobel Prize. He correctly "bet the farm" on creating the vaccine at shareholder risk, in lieu of taking upfront development money from The Trump administration via Warp Speed. The purchase guarantee was weighed and found sufficient to proceed with the risky development process.
As a result, likely hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -- of lives were saved.
On the other hand, the release of the clinical trial information was politically timed. It was conveniently released AFTER the election rather than BEFORE which would have given hope to the American people and confidence that the public/private partnerships of Warp Speed and a vaccine would be imminent.
Not a single Democrat politician stood by Donald Trump when he announced that commercial availability of a vaccine would be ready prior to the end of 2020. Instead, they, and the media, mocked the President.
Mr. Bourla also made another bet. He bet that a Democrat administration would be friendlier to his company and our industry. Donald Trump was already talking about price controls and reigning in certain categories of drugs paid for by Medicare. If you know Donald Trump, that's how he begins his negotiation strategies: Asking for the world.
Mr. Bourla got what he wanted, a Biden administration. And he bet wrong. The companywide email he just sent out, where the entire company should beg lawmakers -- send entreaties by mail or email or phone call -- to object to the de facto "nationalization" of our patents to be given to India and elsewhere. How pathetic. You should have seen this was coming. This is what socialists do. And make no mistake, the Biden administration is run by socialists. The theft of Pfizer's intellectual property will set a heinous precedent and Mr. Bourla is entirely responsible. He could have released that data prior to the election. But he didn't.
For that, the board should remove him. That way, there's more time for him to write a book while a Nobel Prize sits at his desk, alongside the typewriter.
And Pfizer can hire a politically neutral CEO where business is the goal and people are judged by merit alone. Then we can all get back to business and away from all of this "woke" boot-licking where awards are given to Districts who have weekly "anti-racist" training calls.
Nobel Committee: Award him.
Pfizer Board: Remove him.
As a result, likely hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -- of lives were saved.
On the other hand, the release of the clinical trial information was politically timed. It was conveniently released AFTER the election rather than BEFORE which would have given hope to the American people and confidence that the public/private partnerships of Warp Speed and a vaccine would be imminent.
Not a single Democrat politician stood by Donald Trump when he announced that commercial availability of a vaccine would be ready prior to the end of 2020. Instead, they, and the media, mocked the President.
Mr. Bourla also made another bet. He bet that a Democrat administration would be friendlier to his company and our industry. Donald Trump was already talking about price controls and reigning in certain categories of drugs paid for by Medicare. If you know Donald Trump, that's how he begins his negotiation strategies: Asking for the world.
Mr. Bourla got what he wanted, a Biden administration. And he bet wrong. The companywide email he just sent out, where the entire company should beg lawmakers -- send entreaties by mail or email or phone call -- to object to the de facto "nationalization" of our patents to be given to India and elsewhere. How pathetic. You should have seen this was coming. This is what socialists do. And make no mistake, the Biden administration is run by socialists. The theft of Pfizer's intellectual property will set a heinous precedent and Mr. Bourla is entirely responsible. He could have released that data prior to the election. But he didn't.
For that, the board should remove him. That way, there's more time for him to write a book while a Nobel Prize sits at his desk, alongside the typewriter.
And Pfizer can hire a politically neutral CEO where business is the goal and people are judged by merit alone. Then we can all get back to business and away from all of this "woke" boot-licking where awards are given to Districts who have weekly "anti-racist" training calls.
Nobel Committee: Award him.
Pfizer Board: Remove him.