Cronyism & Conflicts of Interest in Trump’s Covid19 Task Force
“ALEX AZAR, the Secretary of Health & Human Services, admitted Wednesday that a vaccine for the coronavirus might not be affordable for all Americans. “We can’t control that price”
#LoveOurNHS theintercept.com/2020/02/29/cro…
“ALEX AZAR, the Secretary of Health & Human Services, admitted Wednesday that a vaccine for the coronavirus might not be affordable for all Americans. “We can’t control that price”
#LoveOurNHS theintercept.com/2020/02/29/cro…
Now you see why the USA wants access to the NHS via drug pricing.
In the case of Azar, who earned nearly $2 million during his last year at Lilly, that profit came at the expense of the people who needed the drugs, according to a lawsuit filed in 2017.
In the case of Azar, who earned nearly $2 million during his last year at Lilly, that profit came at the expense of the people who needed the drugs, according to a lawsuit filed in 2017.
While Azar was leading the pharmaceutical giant, the cost of its drugs went up significantly. In particular, insulin sold by the company more than doubled in price.
The lawsuit says he and other drug companies artificially inflated the cost of Insulin.
As they will do here.
The lawsuit says he and other drug companies artificially inflated the cost of Insulin.
As they will do here.
It’s not just Azar who is on Trump’s task Force but Joseph Grogan a lobbyist for pharmaceutical giant, Gilead Science - a company rolling out clinical trials for anti virals to treat COVID19.
Only 4 members of Trump’s 17 man (no women despite more than half USA’s epidemiologists being women) task force have medical or scientific qualifications.
And the experts are not free to speak publicly without it being OKd by “smoking doesn’t kill Pence”.
And the experts are not free to speak publicly without it being OKd by “smoking doesn’t kill Pence”.
It’s important to have all dimensions represented in a task force but Trump hasn’t got the balance right
@JeremyKonyndyk :
“Because pandemic risks aren't just a test of health systems, they are also a test of the political & social systems in which those health systems exist”
@JeremyKonyndyk :
“Because pandemic risks aren't just a test of health systems, they are also a test of the political & social systems in which those health systems exist”
