為抗擊新冠病毒傳播,人們采取了種種科學(xué)手段,這一努力促進(jìn)了醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生、生物技術(shù)和制藥行業(yè)的合作,促使先進(jìn)技術(shù)快速落地,并且催生了突破性的疫苗。
4月28日,吉利德科學(xué)公司(Gilead Sciences)的主席兼首席執(zhí)行官丹尼爾·歐戴在《財(cái)富》健康頭腦風(fēng)暴大會(huì)(Fortune’s Brainstorm Health)線上大會(huì)中稱:“眼下有很多合作正在推進(jìn),各大企業(yè)在新冠疫情期間唯一的競爭對(duì)手就是病毒本身。企業(yè)以我們前所未見的方式走到了一起,攜手合作。我相信,未來我們會(huì)繼續(xù)攜手合作?!?/p>
在健康頭腦風(fēng)暴大會(huì)上,一流醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生和制藥企業(yè)的首席執(zhí)行官們指出,新冠疫情加劇了現(xiàn)有的衛(wèi)生不公平現(xiàn)象,并探討了他們計(jì)劃如何利用過去一年迸發(fā)的創(chuàng)新解決這一問題。
“你知道,速度是最重要的”
美國疾病控制與預(yù)防中心(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)4月28日發(fā)布的一份報(bào)告發(fā)現(xiàn),在完整接種疫苗的65歲及以上成年人中,輝瑞(Pfizer)/德國BioNTech公司和Moderna推出的新冠疫苗預(yù)防新冠住院的有效率高達(dá)94%。
這些疫苗利用了一項(xiàng)非常成功的新技術(shù)。
輝瑞的首席執(zhí)行官艾伯樂(Albert Bourla)表示:“我問他們:‘我們要怎么研制疫苗?’他們說:‘我們要研制mRNA疫苗。’我說:‘你知道如果我們成功了,這將是第一款得到批準(zhǔn)的、使用mRNA技術(shù)的疫苗和藥物?!?/p>
輝瑞的科學(xué)家研究mRNA已經(jīng)有大約兩年之久,他們告訴艾伯樂,使用mRNA技術(shù)的疫苗只要短短幾周就能夠達(dá)到常規(guī)疫苗通常需要幾個(gè)月才可以達(dá)到的效果。艾伯樂同意了科學(xué)家的決定,但由于時(shí)間有限,他知道他們需要和其他企業(yè)建立合作關(guān)系。
艾伯樂指出:“你知道,速度是最重要的。如果我們要研制mRNA疫苗,我們就得找個(gè)合作伙伴?!陛x瑞得到了他們認(rèn)識(shí)兩年的“好伙伴”德國BioNTech公司的幫助。
艾伯樂表示,今年輝瑞的全球產(chǎn)量將超過25億。
但是,輝瑞/德國BioNTech公司的疫苗必須在零下70攝氏度的環(huán)境中儲(chǔ)存,需要昂貴的專用冰箱。美國許多鄉(xiāng)村醫(yī)院難以負(fù)擔(dān)這些儲(chǔ)存設(shè)備。艾伯樂稱,公司會(huì)在今年晚些時(shí)候公布讓疫苗“更便于分發(fā)”的計(jì)劃。
“我們要迎難而上”
Intermountain Healthcare公司的總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官馬克·哈里森稱:“(經(jīng)過這段時(shí)間)我們了解到,科學(xué)進(jìn)步可以非常迅速地融入臨床實(shí)踐。” 該公司是一家非盈利醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng),總部位于美國鹽湖城。
哈里森指出,盡管“從歷史上來看,各個(gè)醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)一直是彼此孤立的”,但新冠疫情讓各系統(tǒng)開始重視合作。為此,他把Kaiser Permanente公司的主席兼首席執(zhí)行官格雷格·亞當(dāng)斯 “設(shè)置為了快速撥號(hào)聯(lián)系人”。Kaiser Permanente總部位于奧克蘭,是一家醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生服務(wù)和非營利健康保障計(jì)劃供應(yīng)系統(tǒng)。其領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人亞當(dāng)斯表示,他們兩人會(huì)互相分享解決醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生差距的最佳實(shí)踐措施,包括解決種族、教育和收入等潛在的系統(tǒng)性問題。
“我們要迎難而上。”亞當(dāng)斯說,“我們注重預(yù)防,注重保持我們社區(qū)的健康。我們理解,缺乏教育、失業(yè)、住房條件這些都會(huì)影響人們的醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生狀況,這些因素也導(dǎo)致了我們國家的醫(yī)療費(fèi)用極為高昂?!?/p>
亞當(dāng)斯接著說道:“我們正在研究,如何在全美各地提供線上按需緊急護(hù)理服務(wù)。我們的目標(biāo)是9月在覆蓋Kaiser Permanente的地區(qū)內(nèi)上線這一服務(wù),隨后再向全美各地推廣這一服務(wù)。”
亞當(dāng)斯和哈里森同意,健康數(shù)據(jù)民主化有助于實(shí)現(xiàn)醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生平等。
哈里森表示:“我們會(huì)在每個(gè)臨床項(xiàng)目中收集數(shù)據(jù),了解哪些地區(qū)醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生水平落后于其他地區(qū)?!睋?jù)他所說,Intermountain Healthcare已經(jīng)與“許多其他系統(tǒng)”建立了合作關(guān)系,致力解決醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生數(shù)據(jù)問題和未來的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)?!斑@將是一個(gè)好機(jī)會(huì),我們可以針對(duì)如何組織數(shù)據(jù)制定標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化的方法,以便病人通過信息的自由流動(dòng)收獲切實(shí)的益處?!?/p>
“一切都始于社區(qū)”
醫(yī)藥零售巨頭CVS Health的總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官凱倫·S·林奇表示,過去一年CVS Health一直“奮斗在幫助美國人戰(zhàn)勝新冠疫情的第一線”。
林奇稱:“我們是最大的(新冠)醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生服務(wù)供應(yīng)商,已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了超過1,500萬次檢測?!彼赋?,公司還為人們接種了超過1,000萬劑新冠疫苗。
“我們從疫情中學(xué)到了一點(diǎn),一切都始于社區(qū)?!绷制嬲f,“我們在檢測和疫苗接種上都看到了這點(diǎn)。我認(rèn)為,未來我們會(huì)繼續(xù)看到越來越多人關(guān)注當(dāng)?shù)乜梢垣@取的醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生服務(wù)。我總說,醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生是一種地方性的服務(wù),而各地社區(qū)正是一切的起點(diǎn)。”
她表示,公司未來會(huì)繼續(xù)關(guān)注健康的社會(huì)性決定因素,包括住房。2020年,CVS Health在保障性住房方面投入超過1.14億美元,幫助建設(shè)和修復(fù)美國12個(gè)州30個(gè)城市2,800多間保障性住房。
林奇說:“如果人們沒有住房,沒有辦法獲得健康的事物,沒有工作,那么就不會(huì)有人擔(dān)心自己的健康?!保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:錢功毅
為抗擊新冠病毒傳播,人們采取了種種科學(xué)手段,這一努力促進(jìn)了醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生、生物技術(shù)和制藥行業(yè)的合作,促使先進(jìn)技術(shù)快速落地,并且催生了突破性的疫苗。
4月28日,吉利德科學(xué)公司(Gilead Sciences)的主席兼首席執(zhí)行官丹尼爾·歐戴在《財(cái)富》健康頭腦風(fēng)暴大會(huì)(Fortune’s Brainstorm Health)線上大會(huì)中稱:“眼下有很多合作正在推進(jìn),各大企業(yè)在新冠疫情期間唯一的競爭對(duì)手就是病毒本身。企業(yè)以我們前所未見的方式走到了一起,攜手合作。我相信,未來我們會(huì)繼續(xù)攜手合作。”
在健康頭腦風(fēng)暴大會(huì)上,一流醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生和制藥企業(yè)的首席執(zhí)行官們指出,新冠疫情加劇了現(xiàn)有的衛(wèi)生不公平現(xiàn)象,并探討了他們計(jì)劃如何利用過去一年迸發(fā)的創(chuàng)新解決這一問題。
“你知道,速度是最重要的”
美國疾病控制與預(yù)防中心(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)4月28日發(fā)布的一份報(bào)告發(fā)現(xiàn),在完整接種疫苗的65歲及以上成年人中,輝瑞(Pfizer)/德國BioNTech公司和Moderna推出的新冠疫苗預(yù)防新冠住院的有效率高達(dá)94%。
這些疫苗利用了一項(xiàng)非常成功的新技術(shù)。
輝瑞的首席執(zhí)行官艾伯樂(Albert Bourla)表示:“我問他們:‘我們要怎么研制疫苗?’他們說:‘我們要研制mRNA疫苗?!艺f:‘你知道如果我們成功了,這將是第一款得到批準(zhǔn)的、使用mRNA技術(shù)的疫苗和藥物?!?/p>
輝瑞的科學(xué)家研究mRNA已經(jīng)有大約兩年之久,他們告訴艾伯樂,使用mRNA技術(shù)的疫苗只要短短幾周就能夠達(dá)到常規(guī)疫苗通常需要幾個(gè)月才可以達(dá)到的效果。艾伯樂同意了科學(xué)家的決定,但由于時(shí)間有限,他知道他們需要和其他企業(yè)建立合作關(guān)系。
艾伯樂指出:“你知道,速度是最重要的。如果我們要研制mRNA疫苗,我們就得找個(gè)合作伙伴。”輝瑞得到了他們認(rèn)識(shí)兩年的“好伙伴”德國BioNTech公司的幫助。
艾伯樂表示,今年輝瑞的全球產(chǎn)量將超過25億。
但是,輝瑞/德國BioNTech公司的疫苗必須在零下70攝氏度的環(huán)境中儲(chǔ)存,需要昂貴的專用冰箱。美國許多鄉(xiāng)村醫(yī)院難以負(fù)擔(dān)這些儲(chǔ)存設(shè)備。艾伯樂稱,公司會(huì)在今年晚些時(shí)候公布讓疫苗“更便于分發(fā)”的計(jì)劃。
“我們要迎難而上”
Intermountain Healthcare公司的總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官馬克·哈里森稱:“(經(jīng)過這段時(shí)間)我們了解到,科學(xué)進(jìn)步可以非常迅速地融入臨床實(shí)踐?!?該公司是一家非盈利醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng),總部位于美國鹽湖城。
哈里森指出,盡管“從歷史上來看,各個(gè)醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)一直是彼此孤立的”,但新冠疫情讓各系統(tǒng)開始重視合作。為此,他把Kaiser Permanente公司的主席兼首席執(zhí)行官格雷格·亞當(dāng)斯 “設(shè)置為了快速撥號(hào)聯(lián)系人”。Kaiser Permanente總部位于奧克蘭,是一家醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生服務(wù)和非營利健康保障計(jì)劃供應(yīng)系統(tǒng)。其領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人亞當(dāng)斯表示,他們兩人會(huì)互相分享解決醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生差距的最佳實(shí)踐措施,包括解決種族、教育和收入等潛在的系統(tǒng)性問題。
“我們要迎難而上。”亞當(dāng)斯說,“我們注重預(yù)防,注重保持我們社區(qū)的健康。我們理解,缺乏教育、失業(yè)、住房條件這些都會(huì)影響人們的醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生狀況,這些因素也導(dǎo)致了我們國家的醫(yī)療費(fèi)用極為高昂?!?/p>
亞當(dāng)斯接著說道:“我們正在研究,如何在全美各地提供線上按需緊急護(hù)理服務(wù)。我們的目標(biāo)是9月在覆蓋Kaiser Permanente的地區(qū)內(nèi)上線這一服務(wù),隨后再向全美各地推廣這一服務(wù)。”
亞當(dāng)斯和哈里森同意,健康數(shù)據(jù)民主化有助于實(shí)現(xiàn)醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生平等。
哈里森表示:“我們會(huì)在每個(gè)臨床項(xiàng)目中收集數(shù)據(jù),了解哪些地區(qū)醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生水平落后于其他地區(qū)?!睋?jù)他所說,Intermountain Healthcare已經(jīng)與“許多其他系統(tǒng)”建立了合作關(guān)系,致力解決醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生數(shù)據(jù)問題和未來的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)?!斑@將是一個(gè)好機(jī)會(huì),我們可以針對(duì)如何組織數(shù)據(jù)制定標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化的方法,以便病人通過信息的自由流動(dòng)收獲切實(shí)的益處?!?/p>
“一切都始于社區(qū)”
醫(yī)藥零售巨頭CVS Health的總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官凱倫·S·林奇表示,過去一年CVS Health一直“奮斗在幫助美國人戰(zhàn)勝新冠疫情的第一線”。
林奇稱:“我們是最大的(新冠)醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生服務(wù)供應(yīng)商,已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了超過1,500萬次檢測?!彼赋觯具€為人們接種了超過1,000萬劑新冠疫苗。
“我們從疫情中學(xué)到了一點(diǎn),一切都始于社區(qū)。”林奇說,“我們在檢測和疫苗接種上都看到了這點(diǎn)。我認(rèn)為,未來我們會(huì)繼續(xù)看到越來越多人關(guān)注當(dāng)?shù)乜梢垣@取的醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生服務(wù)。我總說,醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生是一種地方性的服務(wù),而各地社區(qū)正是一切的起點(diǎn)。”
她表示,公司未來會(huì)繼續(xù)關(guān)注健康的社會(huì)性決定因素,包括住房。2020年,CVS Health在保障性住房方面投入超過1.14億美元,幫助建設(shè)和修復(fù)美國12個(gè)州30個(gè)城市2,800多間保障性住房。
林奇說:“如果人們沒有住房,沒有辦法獲得健康的事物,沒有工作,那么就不會(huì)有人擔(dān)心自己的健康。”(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:錢功毅
Science-based efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 prompted partnerships within the health care, biotech, and pharmaceutical industries, rapid implementation of advanced technology, and the creation of groundbreaking vaccines.
“There’s so much collaboration, cooperation going on,” Daniel O’Day, chairman and CEO of Gilead Sciences, said at Fortune’s Brainstorm Health virtual conference on April 28. “The only competition in COVID is the virus itself. Companies have come together and collaborated in ways that we’ve never seen before. I’m optimistic that we’re going to continue to do that.”
At Brainstorm Health, CEOs leading health care and pharmaceutical companies discussed how they plan to harness the ingenuity of the past year to address existing health inequities amplified by the pandemic.
“You realize that speed is of the essence”
A report released on April 28 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that among fully vaccinated adults age 65 and older the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were 94% effective against COVID-19 hospitalization.
These vaccines harness a new technology that has been wildly successful.
“When I asked them, ‘What are we going to do for a vaccine?’ they said, ‘We’re going to work on an mRNA,’” said Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. “I said, ‘You realize if we are successful, that will be the first-ever vaccine or the first-ever medicine approved with mRNA technology.’”
The scientists had been working with mRNA for about two years and explained to him that the technology enables one to accomplish what typically takes months in just weeks. Bourla agreed with the scientists’ decision, but, under time constraints, knew that meant creating partnerships.
“You realize that speed is of the essence. If we do that, we have to go with a partner,’’ Bourla said. Pfizer obtained the help of a “good partner” in BioNTech, which they have known for two years, he said.
This year, Pfizer will exceed 2.5 billion doses produced globally, Bourla said.
But the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has to be stored at –70°C, requiring specialized freezers that are expensive. Many rural hospitals in the U.S. can’t afford these storage units. Bourla said the company will reveal plans later this year to make the vaccine “way more distribution friendly.”
“Upstream is our lane”
“We’ve learned how quickly advances in science can be incorporated into clinical practice,” said Marc Harrison, president and CEO of Intermountain Healthcare, a nonprofit health system based in Salt Lake City.
Although, “historically, health systems have been islands,” the pandemic has created a focus on collaboration, said Harrison. To that end, he keeps Greg Adams, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, “on speed dial." The CEOs share best practices in addressing health care disparities, which includes addressing underlying systemic issues of race, education, and income, said Adams, who leads the Oakland-based system of health care providers and nonprofit health plans.
“Upstream is our lane,” Adams said. “We’re focused on prevention. We’re focused on keeping our communities healthy. We understand that lack of education, lack of employment, housing—all of it contributes to health; and it contributes to the excess medical costs that we have in this country.”
Adams continued, “We are looking at how we will provide virtual urgent care on demand across the country, with the goal of having that in place within Kaiser Permanente regions by September, and then moving across the country.”
Adams and Harrison agree that democratizing health data can bring equality to medicine.
“We’re collecting data in every one of our clinical programs to understand areas where we are falling short for our neighbors,” said Harrison. Intermountain has partnered with “a number of other systems” to address the health care data issue with an upcoming venture, he said. “It will be an opportunity to have standardized approaches to how data is organized, so that patients can actually benefit from a free flow of information.”
“Everything starts in the community”
Over the past year, CVS Health has been on the “front lines helping Americans prevail against the pandemic,” said Karen S. Lynch, president and CEO of the retail giant.
“We’re the largest health care provider that’s given over 15 million tests,” said Lynch. The company has also administered more than 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, she noted.
“What we learned with a pandemic is everything starts in the community,” Lynch explained. “We saw that with testing. We saw that with vaccines. I think we’ll continue to see more and more people focused on access to health care, locally. And I’ve always said health care is local, and that’s where it all starts.”
Going forward, the company will also focus on the social determinants of health, including housing, she said. In 2020, CVS Health invested more than $114 million in affordable housing to support the construction and rehabilitation of more than 2,800 affordable housing units in 30 cities across 12 states.
“No one worries about their health if they don’t have housing, they don’t have access to healthy foods, and they don’t have a job,” Lynch said.