Tuesday: How Pfizer's Chesterfield Staff Raced The Clock To Develop, Manufacture And Test Its COVID Vaccine - St. Louis Public Radio

This interview will be on “St. Louis on the Air” over the noon hour on Tuesday. This story will be updated after the show. You can listen live.

Justin Sperry found out about the emergence of COVID-19 like everyone else — on the news. In late January 2020, he was at a conference where scientists wondered whether the virus would make its way to the United States.

Just two months later, Sperry’s supervisors announced it would be all hands on deck. His team would be a key part of the race to develop a vaccine.

Sperry is the head of research and development at Pfizer’s Chesterfield site, where he is also a vice president for technology and innovation for biotherapeutics and vaccines. That site has played a critical role in developing and manufacturing a key component of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, as well as testing doses before they’re released to the public.

On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, Sperry will join host Sarah Fenske to discuss his work. Sperry will also deliver a keynote speech on Wednesday morning as part of the annual Hancock Symposium at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Sperry’s presentation is called, “Past, Present, and Future Insights into the COVID-19 Vaccine.”

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What: Hancock Symposium
When: September 14 - 16, 2021
Where: Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and online

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