Moonshot

Inside Pfizer's Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible

Albert Bourla

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HarperCollins
17 March 2022

The exclusive, first-hand, behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer’s CEO Dr. Albert Bourla

A riveting, fast-paced, inside look at one of the most incredible private sector achievements in history, Moonshot recounts the intensive nine months in 2020 when the scientists at Pfizer, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Albert Bourla, made â€œthe impossible possibleâ€â€”creating, testing, and manufacturing a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine that previously would have taken years to develop.

Dr. Bourla chronicles how the brilliant, dedicated minds at Pfizer, under the enormous strains of the global pandemic, overcame a series of crises that were compounded by social and political unrest, and reveals the doubts, decisions, obstacles, and failures they encountered. As Dr. Bourla makes clear, Pfizerâ€™s success wasnâ€™t due to luck; it was because of preparation driven by four simple valuesâ€”Courage, Excellence, Equity, and Joy.

Moonshot is a story of leadership under the most unprecedented circumstancesâ€”how Dr. Bourla, a Greek immigrant, a child of Holocaust survivors, and a veterinarian, became the head of one of the worldâ€™s largest corporations and initiated a dramatic transformation of the organization just before a global health crisis would serve to test the organization, its scientists and its leader, like never before. Moonshot describes best practices that can be used to address the multiple, unprecedented challenges our world faces, reveals Pfizerâ€™s implementation of scientific breakthroughs at a record-breaking pace, and offers leadership lessons that can help anyone successfully manage their own seemingly unsolvable problems. As Dr. Bourla explains, â€œI am sharing the story of our moonshotâ€”the challenges we faced, the lessons we learned, and the core values that allowed us to make it happenâ€”in hopes that it might inspire and inform your own moonshot, whatever that may be.â€

By: Albert Bourla
Imprint: HarperCollins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780008503987
ISBN 10: 0008503982
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 17 March 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Albert Bourla became Pfizer CEO in January 2019. He began his career at the company in 1993, in the Animal Health Division as Technical Director of Greece, and has served in numerous executive positions within the company, including Chief Operating Officer, Group President of Pfizer Innovative Health, and Group President of Pfizer's Global Vaccines, Oncology, and Consumer Healthcare business. He is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and holds a Ph.D. in the Biotechnology of Reproduction from the Veterinary School of Aristotle University. In addition to his responsibilities at Pfizer, Dr. Bourla is on the executive committee of The Partnership for New York City, a director on multiple boards, including Pfizer, Inc., PhRMA, and Catalyst, a Trustee of the United States Council for International Business, and a member of the Business Roundtable and the Business Council. In 2020, Dr. Bourla was named America's top CEO in the Pharmaceuticals sector by Institutional Investor magazine.