Pfizer plans to expand human trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine to thousands of test patients by September, the company's CEO said.
CEO Albert Bourla said that if a vaccine proves to be safe, the company "will be able to deliver millions of doses in the October time frame."
The U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant, which is working alongside German drugmaker BioNTech, injected doses of its potential vaccine, BNT162, into the first human participants in the U.S.Pfizer is currently testing four different vaccine variations, Bourla said during CNBC's Healthy Returns Virtual Summit.
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