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A Bottle of Ouzo—and its Connection to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla
How does ouzo, the anise-flavored aperitif that is widely consumed in Greece and Cyprus, relate to Albert Bourla?
Greek News
FDA Authorizes Second Pfizer, Moderna Booster For Americans
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized a second booster of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for adults 50 years and older, announcing that a fourth shot improves protection against severe Covid-19.
The agency also authorized a second Pfizer-BioNTech booster for...
Business
Dramatic Rise of Foreign Investments in Greece
Greece marked an impressive increase of 74.3 percent in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021, according to Enterprise Greece
Business
Pfizer Made $36.8 Billion from Covid-19 Vaccine in 2021
Pfizer, the international pharmaceuticals giant helmed by Thessaloniki-born Dr. Albert Bourla, made a staggering $36.8 billion on its first-in-the-world coronavirus vaccine last year.
First authorized for emergency use in December of 2020, just nine months after the virus began to...
Greek News
Pfizer’s Bourla Donates $1 Million to Holocaust Memory Causes in Greece
Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla announced recently he is donating $1 million to Holocaust memory causes in his native Thessaloniki, Greece.
In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Bourla said that he is committed to helping preserve the Jewish history...
Health
Pfizer to Ask for Vaccine Authorization for Children Under 5
The Pfizer corporation, the first pharmaceutical firm to have a vaccine against the coronavirus, is expected to ask the United States Food and Drug Administration to authorize its inoculation for children under the age of 5.
At a time when...
Health
Pfizer’s Bourla: Frequent Covid Boosters “Not a Good Scenario”
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Saturday said people getting COVID-19 booster shots every four to five months is "not a good scenario" and argued that an annual vaccine would be a better approach to fighting the virus.
Bourla told the...
Health
Fourth Shot Will be Needed as Booster Wanes: Moderna CEO
A fourth shot will be needed as the power of the booster wanes, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel stated on Thursday while addressing a Goldman Sachs healthcare conference.
His comments were the first such definitive statement by Moderna regarding the need...
Health
Pfizer to Develop MRNA Shingles Vaccine with BioNTech
Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Wednesday that they will work together to develop an MRNA vaccine for the viral infection called shingles.
The pharmaceutical companies worked together to create the world's first fully-approved MRNA vaccine for the coronavirus in 2020.
They...
Business
Albert Bourla Named CEO of the Year
CNN Business has named Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, a Thessaloniki native who left Greece at the age of 34 to pursue a career in the pharmaceuticals industry, as the CEO of the year.
CNN says that Bourla was their choice...