Manufacturing Articles

Pfizer Global Supply (PGS) — A Manufacturing Powerhouse

At Pfizer, we’re relentless in our pursuit of breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. But delivering medicines and vaccines worldwide is not a simple undertaking.Pfizer Global Supply — or PGS — takes on that challenge daily, ensuring patients receive the medicines and vaccines they need, when they need it. The team produces and distributes hundreds of millions of doses annually to the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficacy.We’re giving you a peek behind the curtain of Pfizer's...

Pfizer Awarded Diamond Resiliency Badge for Supply Chain Excellence

For nearly two centuries, Pfizer has been dedicated to developing medicines that change people’s lives and ensuring that people all over the globe have access to those medicines. This commitment extends beyond the discovery and production of new, more effective treatments to efficiently distributing those treatments to the people, communities, and countries that need them. We couldn’t do that without an efficient and resilient supply chain.The strength of pharmaceutical supply chains has never...

2023 In Review

At Pfizer, we are working tirelessly to outdo yesterday by bringing new breakthroughs to patients around the globe in innovative ways. As we do this, it’s important that we take the time to reflect on both our challenges and our achievements. Every March, we share those reflections with the public via our Annual Review and Impact Report.  In this year’s reports, we look at the numbers behind the breakthroughs and explore the tangible ways that we pushed science forward in service of patients...

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Three Pfizer Partnerships to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine into African Countries and Vaccinations into Arms

In 2020, as Pfizer and BioNTech were still developing the COVID-19 vaccine, Julie Jenson was thinking about how to distribute that vaccine to every country around the world, regardless of that country’s means. Jenson, who is Director of International Product Access for Pfizer’s Global Health and Social Impact Team, knew even in those early days that the ultracold storage demands and shipping requirements of the vaccine could pose challenges in reaching people living in remote areas of low- and...

Meet The People of PGS: Terrari

Through the “People of PGS” series, we spotlight the names and faces behind the great work we do in PGS.  Next up is Terrari, a Continuous Improvement Specialist in Sanford, North Carolina, and co-lead of the site’s Global Black Community Colleague Resource Group chapter.Over the course of his six years at Pfizer, Terrari has directly impacted PGS’s ability to help patients. Whether it was working on the start-up and quick transition to commercial production of one of Pfizer’s rare disease...

Meet The People Of PGS: Vanessa

Through the “People of PGS” series, we continue to spotlight the names and faces behind the great work we do in PGS. Next up is Vanessa, Site Leader at Meridian in St. Louis, who also has competed on Team USA’s Dragon Boat Racing team!While Vanessa started her career designing high-speed manufacturing and packing machinery for another industry, today she is proud to say that her role at Pfizer and her time in the pharma industry give her the opportunity to help patients.Vanessa’s 22-year pharma...

Meet the People of PGS: Daniela

Through the “People of PGS” series, we spotlight the names and faces behind the great work we do in PGS.  Next up is Daniela, a PGS colleague who recently completed a one-year assignment as part of the CEO Action for Racial Equity Fellowship Program. Most people would consider Daniela an expert in Supply Chain, thanks to her 16-year career working across the pharmaceutical industry, including five years at Pfizer. But when a unique career opportunity presented itself, Daniela had the courage to...

Meet The People Of PGS: Connor

Through the “People of PGS” series, we spotlight the names and faces behind the great work we do in PGS. Next up is Connor, a Senior Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Associate, who turned his passion for nature into a rewarding career. For Connor, no two days are exactly the same – and that’s just how he likes it. At the start of the week, he could be reviewing storm water mitigation practices at a construction site, and at the end of the week, he could be in a manufacturing clean room...

Meet The People Of PGS: John

Through the “People of PGS” series, we continue to spotlight the names and faces behind the great work we do in PGS. Next up is John, a Digital Business Analyst in Ireland who served as an official at the Tokyo Olympics this summer.  As a Digital Business Analyst, John ensures the Pfizer Digital systems at a Pfizer facility in Ireland run smoothly.  He works with stakeholders from across the site to understand their business requirements and collaborates with Pfizer Digital to identify solutions...

Meet The People Of PGS: Craig

Through the “People of PGS” series, we continue to spotlight the names and faces behind the great work we do in PGS. Next up is Craig, an Engineering & Maintenance Manager in Sanford, who is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy and an advocate for military veterans reentering the workforce.Over the course of his 20-year career at Pfizer, Craig has spent most of his time in manufacturing roles; that is until 2016, when he took on a developmental challenge – to bring his manufacturing expertise to...

Meet the People of PGS: Julie

Over the next few months, we will spotlight the names and faces behind the great work we do in PGS. First up is Julie, who believes she was destined to become a scientist.The signs were there when Julie started mixing her mother’s beauty products to create "potions" with her sister at a very young age. She developed a love of math, which was inspired by both of her parents who immigrated to the US from Haiti in the late seventies. Julie reflected on what led her to pursue a career in STEM. “My...

Meet The People Of PGS: Maritza

Through the “People of PGS” series, we continue to spotlight the names and faces behind the great work we do in PGS. Next up is Maritza, a Warehouse Inspector in Toluca, who is one of the only people at the site who operates specialized forklift equipment.After 16 years at Pfizer, Maritza is just as happy to come to work as she was on her first day.“I have had other great jobs prior to joining this company, but to me, Pfizer is the best place to demonstrate your skills and abilities that you...