{"id":1837824,"date":"2023-02-07T09:05:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1837824"},"modified":"2023-02-07T09:10:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:10:46","slug":"pfizers-chief-vaccine-officer-advised-u-s-government-on-redrafting-gain-of-function-research-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizers-chief-vaccine-officer-advised-u-s-government-on-redrafting-gain-of-function-research-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer\u2019s Chief Vaccine Officer Advised U.S. Government On Redrafting Gain Of Function Research Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpfizers-chief-vaccine-officer-advised-u-s-government-on-redrafting-gain-of-function-research-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1837824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Pfizer\u2019s Chief Scientific Officer for Vaccine Research and Development advised the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity during the group\u2019s deliberation over redrafting government policies concerning gain of function research.<\/p>\n<p>The unearthed influence of a leading Pfizer employee over the federal government\u2019s approach to regulating gain of function research, which refers to the manipulation of pathogens to become more lethal, virulent, or transmissible to humans, follows a shocking undercover investigation from Project Veritas into the company. This group was caught on camera. <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v279jei-pfizer-director-destroys-ipad-containing-project-veritas-undercover-recordi.html\">Employer<\/a> The admission by the pharmaceutical giant and COVID-19, a vaccine maker, that they engaged in risky research to make more vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>In light of these claims, the proximity of Pfizer\u2019s Philip Dormitzer to the U.S. government\u2019s effort to redraft its policies surrounding gain of function research in 2016 is curious, as he was working as the Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer for RNA and Viral Vaccines at Pfizer at the time. This position was his from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-dormitzer-105ab730\/\">September<\/a> 2015 to December 2021<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, the U.S. government announced that it would not be funding function research and launched a discussion process to determine a new policy. This was in order to better regulate the potentially dangerous form of research.<\/p>\n<p>Two \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/osp.od.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/US_Gain_of_Function_Policy_Development_Process.pdf\">key<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/osp.od.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/US_Gain_of_Function_Policy_Development_Process.pdf\">voices<\/a>\u201d Two symposiums were held by the National Academies to develop and deliberate gain of function policies. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) was also involved in the debate. Responsible for the discussion was the NSABB. \u201cproviding the U.S. government with recommendations on policy for the funding and conduct of gain of function research\u201d  \u201cserving as the official federal advisory body for providing advice on oversight of this area of dual use research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Put simply, the National Academies were the most influential advisor to the NSABB, which, in turn, was responsible drafting the government\u2019s new gain of function research policy.<\/p>\n<p>The ten are listed below. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jura.uni-freiburg.de\/de\/institute\/ioeffr2\/downloads\/lger\/gain-of-function-research-summary-of-the-second-symposium-march-10-11-2016.pdf\">Members<\/a> of the National Academy of Science\u2019s Second Symposium was Dormitzer, whose Pfizer affiliations are clearly displayed on <a href=\"https:\/\/osp.od.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Info%20--%202nd%20GOF%20Symposium%20hosted%20by%20the%20National%20Academies.pdf\">official<\/a> event documents. The symposium, which was held in March 2016, was the last event before the NSABB completed its draft of recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the event was highly influential over what the NSABB\u2019s ultimate output regarding gain of function research policy would become.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15694\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-06-at-10.43.05-PM-300x204-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-06-at-10.43.05-PM-300x204-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-06-at-10.43.05-PM-1024x695-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-06-at-10.43.05-PM-768x521-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-06-at-10.43.05-PM-1536x1042-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-06-at-10.43.05-PM-1320x896-1.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-06-at-10.43.05-PM-750x509-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-06-at-10.43.05-PM-1140x774-1.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-06-at-10.43.05-PM.png 1612w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planning Committee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dormitzer was also the moderator for a session entitled: \u201cBest Practices to Inform National Policy Design and Implementation: Perspectives of Key Stakeholders in the Biomedical and Public Health Communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhilip Dormitzer from the Pfizer Vaccine Research and Development Unit and a member of the Symposium Planning Committee, introduced the session as a continuation of the earlier plenary session on the U.S. policy landscape. This session would present the perspectives of several different key stakeholders, including regulatory agencies and the vaccine industry,\u201d explained the National Academy of Science\u2019s breakdown of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Summaries of Dormitzer\u2019s contributions consistently appear to reveal a desire for more lax regulation on gain of function research, with the symposium report noting:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPhilip Dormitzer pointed out that not all GOF research involves GOF studies of concern, and therefore not all the research needs to be overseen by any additional policy frameworks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere was an exploration of the impact of over-regulating GOF research for countermeasure development. Philip Dormitzer pointed out that as one of the factors for identifying GOF studies of concern is the absence of effective countermeasures, limiting research that could provide such measures could be counter-productive. There was also consideration of the opportunity costs of not doing research, especially in justifying potential barriers to developing countermeasures,\u201d The summary was also added.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed concern about the possibility of a lawsuit. \u201cblowback\u201d Discussions about gain of function research have led to a shift towards vaccines:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDormitzer closed with some personal observations. One was an increasing need to consider integration of the multiple biosafety and biosecurity regimens. The other was a concern about unintended consequences, for example from the \u201cblowback\u201d onto vaccine production from the controversies over GOF studies of concern\u2014or GOF research more generally\u2014in academia.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>You can watch the Project Veritas video here:<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pfizer\u2019s Chief Scientific Officer for Vaccine Research and Development advised the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity during the group\u2019s deliberation over redrafting government policies concerning gain of function research. 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