Pfizer CEO Touts Trump Drug-Price Deal Amid Vaccine Doubts (1)

Oct. 15, 2025, 9:32 PM UTC

Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said that vaccines are harder to get approved right now as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks to overhaul the country’s immunization policies.

“It’s not harder to get drug approvals right now, it’s harder to get vaccine approvals,” Bourla said Wednesday during a wide-ranging conversation with CNBC that waded into his company’s US investments, deal with the Trump administration and the country’s current regulatory environment.

As the nation’s top health official, Kennedy has made sweeping changes to long-standing vaccine policies while casting doubts on the safety and effectiveness of widely used ...

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