Advancements in Cell and Gene Therapy

Uh, we're really taking that leap, uh, us as a company, Bayer,

uh, in cell and gene therapy, which to me is one of these examples where

really

we're going to make a difference hopefully, uh, moving forward.

There are some, um, uh, ultimately the, uh, the mRNA vaccines, uh,

are an example for that, uh, cell and gene therapy.

I always like to say, if we had surveyed two years ago, uh,

in the

public, would you be willing to take a, a gene th- gene or

cell therapy and inject it into your body?

We would have probably had a 95% refusal rate.

I think, uh, this pandemic has also opened many

people's eyes to,

to innovation in the way that, uh, was maybe not possible

before