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# Pfizer

**Role: exemplar of [[concept-collaborative-ecosystem]].** During the Covid-19 pandemic, Pfizer collaborated with [[org-biontech]]. BioNTech's AI screened over **10,000 mRNA candidates in days**, while Pfizer supplied the global regulatory and manufacturing capabilities to accelerate production and approval — a clean division of complementary strengths across the value chain.