Long­time Pfiz­er vet tapped to re­place leg­endary vac­cine re­searcher Kathrin Jansen

Kathrin Jansen, the leg­endary vac­cine re­searcher who spear­head­ed Pfiz­er’s work on its his­toric Covid-19 shot, an­nounced last month that she’s hang­ing up her lab coat. On Wednes­day, the phar­ma gi­ant re­vealed that it isn’t go­ing far for her re­place­ment.

Pfiz­er is tap­ping An­naliesa An­der­son, known most re­cent­ly for her work on the Covid-19 an­tivi­ral Paxlovid, to fill Jansen’s role as se­nior VP and head of vac­cine R&D. An­der­son most re­cent­ly served as VP and CSO for bac­te­r­i­al re­search and hos­pi­tal with­in the com­pa­ny’s vac­cine R&D unit.

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