Inside Pfizer’s Labs Where Variant Hunters and Virus Farmers Try to Stay Ahead of the Pandemic

A look inside Pfizer’s Pearl River research center, where the vaccine was created with their partner BioNTech. The team there is in a never-ending effort to stay ahead of the pandemic. The lab has “variant hunters” that continue to track the effectiveness of the vaccine on new variants, a “virus farmer” that grows the latest variants for testing, and scientists developing the next formulation of the vaccine if needed. Olivia Goldhill, investigative reporter at STAT News, joins us for a look inside Pfizer’s labs. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com