Daniel Stamboulian, on Pfizer vaccines: “I was ready to buy in July”

The medical director of Stamboulian Health Services and president of Funcei, Daniel Stamboulian, gave details about his negotiations with the US company Pfizer and said that his firm was close to acquiring doses. “Then what happened happened,” he said.

“We had everything programmed and we had spoken with Pfizer, and they had told us that in July they could probably start selling to entities like ours, but later … he saw what happened with Pfizer, “Stamboulian said in remarks. a Daniel Santa Cruz and Daniela Hacker in “Cara y Cruz”, on Radio de la Ciudad.

As he revealed, the fact that vaccines can only be purchased by the State distressed them. And he recalled: “They told us about three months ago, prior to the problem that arose, that the Government did not know what problem it had that it was unable to complete the purchase of the Pfizer vaccines. We were going to receive it because they had told us that they were going to sell it in July, apart from the government, entities like ours. The truth thatI was very sorry because we were excited ”. ” class=”com-link” data-reactroot=””>I was very sorry because we were excited ”.

Stamboulian also referred to the vaccine that is being produced in Cuba and he stressed that “they have a good laboratory and apparently they are making a platform that can be very interesting”, although he clarified that “they are in the initial moments”. He also stressed that “there is still a long way to go” because it has to be in phase 3. And he estimated: “I think it will really take more than a year for them to say they have the vaccine.”

Also, the expert highlighted the work of Moderna’s vaccine and said that they are trying to present it to Anmat for approval in Argentina. “It is a very attractive vaccine and it could be very useful to bring it,” he added.

Finally, he praised the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which he defined as “a very good vaccine” and predicted. “I think that it will soon be incorporated in a large quantity for our country. We are very close to being able to do it ”.

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