CEO as excited about chance to work on possible coronavirus vaccine as about presidential visit

Martin Meeson, chief executive of FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies in Morrisville, said being able to manufacture something that could become a vaccine for coronavirus is "a real honor."
Posted 7/24/2020, 12:03:30 AM

OR NOT AT THIS POINT .

>>> SOME OTHER BREAKING NEWS

INVOLVING THE PRESIDENT AND A

TRIP TO OUR AREA NEXT WEEK . WE

WERE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU

ABOUT A TRIP PRESIDENT TRUMP

PLANS TO MAKE OF MORRISVILLE TO

TOUR A PLAN MAKING KEY

COMPONENTS FOR A POTENTIAL

VACCINE, PUTTING THE COMPANY IN

A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT . WE ARE

HONORED TO HAVE THE CEO JOINING

US LIFE RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US .

WHAT IS YOUR COMPANY DOING THE

PROMPTED THIS VISIT FROM THE

PRESIDENT ?

>> IS THE WORK WE ARE GOING TO

BE DOING AND WE ARE THRILLED

AND HONORED THEY HAVE CHOSEN US

TO DO THIS TO HAVE A VACCINE

HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA . IT IS

EXCITING FOR US, WE WERE SO

HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS .

TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO A

GLOBAL PANDEMIC BY HAVING THE

ABILITY TO MANUFACTURE IS A

REAL HONOR FOR US .

>> I'M SURE YOUR COMPANY IS

BEEN WORKING 24 SEVEN .

>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING

EXTREMELY HARD, ONE OF THE

THINGS WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED .

WE HAVE COMPRESSED A MONTHS

WORTH OF WORK INTO JUST WEEKS .

WITH THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

AND HERE ON SITE AT FUJIFILM

TECHNOLOGIES I'M JUST SO PROUD

OF THE TEAM HERE THAT TURNED

MONTHS WORTH OF WORK IN TWO

WEEKS, WE ARE MANUFACTURING

PRODUCTS IN THE PLANT HERE IN

NORTH CAROLINA.

THAT IS A PRODUCT THAT CAN BE

USED HERE IN HUMAN TRIALS .

>> IT IS AMAZING HOW FAST THIS

PROCESS HAS WORKED . THIS IS AN

EXCITING RECOGNITION NO MATTER

WHERE YOU FALL POLITICALLY .

DID YOU GET A CALL FROM THE

WHITE HOUSE ?

>> WE GOT A CALL WITH THE WHITE

HOUSE ON NOW THAT THE VISITORS

CONFIRMED . FOR THE WORK WE DO

IN JUST THE TEAM WE HAVE HERE

IN BACKED BY TECHNOLOGY . JUST

HAVE THE RECOGNITION THE

PRESIDENT IS GOING TO COME ON

SITE . THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO

IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC .

>> IF THE PRESIDENT WEARS THE

MASK OF VISITS LIKE THIS, WHAT

IS THE MASK POLICY AT YOUR

CAMPUS ?

>> WE ARE OBVIOUSLY TAKING

PRECAUTIONS WITH COVID-19 . WE

WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT

THROUGHOUT THE VISIT . WE WANT

TO MAKE SURE WE CAN WORK WITHIN

THOSE PROTECTIONS FOR OUR STAFF

AND OTHER PEOPLE WE HAVE ON

SITE . GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR

PROJECT, GOOD LUCK WITH THE

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