The exclusive, first-hand account of Pfizer's race to create the first mRNA vaccine against COVID-19, as told by its Chairman and CEO, Dr. Albert Bourla.

An enthralling, captivating story about one of the private sector's most significant achievements, Moonshot recounts the nine intense months of 2020, when Pfizer's scientists, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Albert Bourla, collaborated with BioNTech to make the impossible possible – to develop, test, and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, a process that would normally take many years.

Dr. Bourla narrates how Pfizer's intelligent, dedicated people, under the immense pressure of the global pandemic, overcame a series of crises amidst social and political turmoil, revealing the doubts, decisions, and obstacles encountered along the way. As Dr. Bourla makes clear, Pfizer's success was not due to luck but to thorough preparation, based on four simple values: Courage, Excellence, Equity, and Joy.

Moonshot is a story of leadership under unprecedented conditions – how Dr. Bourla, a Greek immigrant and veterinarian, the child of Holocaust survivors, became the head of one of the world's largest organizations and how he led the radical transformation of the organization before the global health crisis tested its resilience, its scientists, and its leader. Moonshot outlines best practices that can be leveraged to tackle the multiple, unprecedented challenges of our time, while revealing how Pfizer applied scientific innovations in record time, offering leadership lessons that can help everyone manage seemingly unsolvable problems successfully.

All of the author's proceeds from the publication will be donated to charitable causes.