2021 OCT 24 • KEY 01 – Opening Ceremony – World Health Summit 2021
Bayer Pharmaceuticals President
Stefan Oelrich
“mRNA Vaccines are an example for that cell and gene therapy”
Video Source: YouTube
Stefan Oelrich Clip Transcript:
For us therefore, we’re really taking that leap, us a company, Bayer, in cell and gene therapy, which to me is one of these examples where really we’re going to make a difference hopefully moving forward. Ultimately, the mRNA vaccines are an example for that cell and gene therapy. I always like to say, if we had surveyed 2 years ago in the public, would you be willing to take a gene or cell therapy and inject it into your body, we would have probably had a 95% refusal rate. I think this pandemic has also opened many people’s eyes to innovation in a way that maybe was not possible before.
