that's albert bourla thanks for being with us this morning.g on a shingles vaccine how much of a driver of your business going forward do you expect that to be? >> well, i think it's going to be a driver of finding solutions for our medical sneeze we have a strong belief in the technothe best of mankindir you have seen where we're standing further, this is a corroboration, like that they are fantastic partners. now we're going with a third target we believe that it's very high probability of delivering solution to a genetic need it's not only the infectious diseases out there. there are other implications that they can have there are three more deals that we have announced, and a havi important one being is a leader in the base technology we believe that the base technology is atechnology that has the most promise, and right now we have partnered with them to deliver three targets of significant importance, being a believer in the nervous system and also the platform, one is with -- -- lessons for ten targets in a basket technology this is the

matt: that was the ceo of pfizer, albert bourla, today. let's take a look at cryptocurrencies.ve been talking a lot about this story of cz. he has been estimated by bloomberg you have about $95 billion in well, putting him as may be the 10th richest person in the world. that number is dropping as the valley of bitcoin falls. now down about 2.2%. 41,381. it has been a rough time for bitcoin as the stock market falls and the fed starts talking about unwinding its balance sheet and raising rates. kind of the opposite reason that people were buying bitcoin. shares of novavax are higher today after the drugmaker announced it started shipping its covid vaccines to europe. we will discuss that with the ceo of novavax. stan erck joins us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> iran's foreign ministry says it wants a copper has a nuclear deal with world powers that removes sanctions, including on oil x arts and will not settle for an interim agreement. the comments come as efforts continue to revive the 2015 accord that limited iran's atomic activities in return for u.s. sanctions relief. the u.k

emily: albert bourla there.ime, bayer and mammoth biosciences have announced a partnership to use mammoth's crisper gene editing technology. joining me now, trevor martin of mammoth biosciences. how do you and bayer plan to work together? trevor: we are excited about this collaboration because at mammoth we have built a broad toolbox of novel crispr systems, including small proteins. this collaboration with bayer is all about expanding gene therapy platforms with novel crispr proteins that can enable en viva therapies. emily: you are focused on four diseases, all liver based. why those and where do you hope to expand? trevor: liver is the starting point. i think the potential for these novel proteins we are working on at mammoth for en viva applications across many organs is limitless. there is a lot of exciting organizations it can go and that's why we are starting with bayer. we are excited about the internal work at mammoth and the work with bayer. and i think we will see the power of these ultrasmall crispr

albert bullock -- albert for luck on some of the big -- albert bourla on some of the big issues in hism: what is next variant? omicron fades away and then there is another variant? jonathan: and then we need another shot. a pr question. you feel it is an uncomfortable situation. tom: that is true every time. this goes back at least to world war ii. it is something that will manage. i'm curious about the new pfizer versus the pfizer of old and how he will lead the company forward over the next five years. jonathan: next time. tom keene, lisa abramowicz, jonathan ferro. the s&p, we are down .5%. on the nasdaq, down a little more than 1%. yields reaching 1.8 briefly. we will talk with stuart kaiser in about 20 units. -- in about 20 minutes. this is bloomberg. leann: inflation in the u.s. has hit the fastest pace in the last four decades. the consumer price index comes out on wednesday. it is expected to rise 7%. that helps explain a shift in the federal reserve approach to monetary policy along with more consumer anxiety about the economy. in kazakhstan security forces backed by russian t

at the same time, the ceo of pfizer, albert bourla is saying the company is forging ahead with a omicron vaccine and it will be ready in march and he doesn't know if or when it will be used but they do plan to move forward with it. victor and alisyn. >> thank you so much. >>> a federal judge has deciding right now whether former president trump is protected from liability after his supporters attacked the capitol on january 6. >>> and the brother of brian sicknick slams trump saying he does not care about police at all. ow! i'm ok! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ only in theaters december 17th. why does walgreens offer prescription copays as low as zero dollars? ♪ ♪ so you won't have a medicare in the world. ♪ ♪ plus, 90-day refills and same day delivery. larry? that's even less to medicare about. fill your medicare prescriptions with walgreens and save. ♪ ♪ (birds chirping) ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ (phone beep) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (music quieter) ♪ (phone clicks) ♪ ♪ >>> a federal hearing is happening right now that will determine if former president trump could

albert bourla told israeli media an annual covid-19 vaccine is going to be more preferable to frequent said it would be easier to convince people to get the shot if it were once a year for says every 4 or 5 months. and it would be easier for them to remember. bourla also says pfizer could be ready to file for approval for a redesigned vaccine to help fight omicron and mass produce it as soon as march. well, a weight was lifted off the shoulders of thousands of santa clara county residents because the county is now making free at-home covid tests available. the county purchased about 60,000 test kits for this. they're going to be handed out to those who signed up for one through the course of the week. kron four's phillipe djegal has details. >> on friday, within hours of making 15,000 appointments available for santa clara county residents to pick up for free. i know covid-19 antigen rapid test starting saturday. all appointments were booked up as this early. it it is. the county chose to purchase and hand out 60,000 test kits separate from the free tests being offered by the federal g