Wall Street Journal Bestseller 2022 Genesis Prize Laureate The exclusive first-hand
behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine told by
Pfizer's Chairman and 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 ?the impossible possible??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 Pfizer's success wasn't due to luck it was because of preparation driven
by four simple values?Courage Excellence Equity and Joy. Moonshot is a story of leadership
under the most unprecedented circumstances?how Dr. Bourla a Greek immigrant a child of
Holocaust survivors and a veterinarian became the head of one of the world'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 Pfizer'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 ?I am
sharing the story of our moonshot?the challenges we faced the lessons we learned and the core
values that allowed us to make it happen?in hopes that it might inspire and inform your own
moonshot whatever that may be.?
