Big Pharma
Total 7 Posts
COVID-19 vaccines are a victory for public research, not ‘greed’ and ‘capitalism’.
4 min read
The development of the COVID-19 vaccines is part of a vast system of public subsidies and universities, not corporate ambition.
‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal.
8 min read
Pfizer has been accused of “bullying” Latin American governments in Covid vaccine negotiations. What happened during these negotiations?
Approval of a coronavirus vaccine would be just the beginning – Huge production challenges could cause long delays.
6 min read
Once a coronavirus vaccine is approved, billions of doses need to be manufactured. Current vaccine production is nowhere near ready, for a variety of reasons, but planning now could help.
Coronavirus media coverage must avoid the mistakes of the Aids pandemic in Africa.
5 min read
The British press ignored the millions of deaths from HIV/Aids in Africa for far too long.
Coronavirus: It is morally indefensible for a nation to keep life-saving drugs for itself.
5 min read
Treatment nationalism, when a country uses its dominant economic position to monopolise an important drug’s supply, or ban its exports, is a threat to global public health. We must oppose it.
The world needs pharmaceuticals from China and India to beat coronavirus.
12 min read
A lot depends on China and India sharing the products of their pharmacuetical manufacturing with the rest of the world.
Drug companies should drop their patents and collaborate to fight coronavirus.
4 min read
Protecting patents must be managed ethically, which may very well result in companies occasionally forfeiting their legal rights in favour of wider public benefit.