BigPhama have shown they can't be relied upon to do the right thing. They must be compelled to.
100+ international IP academics signed a letter in support of the TRIPS waiver, providing academic justification for the temporary Waiver in pandemic times: lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-ne…
Moderna's 'triple whammy': 1. Supported by public money 2. Charging high prices 3. Sending profits to tax havens
- @SOMO
Time and again, the pharmaceutical industry prove why we need #EyesOnPharmaGreed
Members of the #PeoplesVaccine alliance and more to talk vaccine access inequality, Merkel's visit to the US and how we speed up global #COVID vaccinations.
Oxygen demand in Africa is now 50% greater than it was at the peak last year....
Some countries like Israel are starting to offer booster shots... whereas in many countries, even health workers have not received a shot.
It's ridiculous on so many levels
Maaza of @Afri_Alliance
"This is the decision the world needed: by backing a waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines the Biden Administration can increase the global supply of vaccines and deal a deathblow to the pandemic".
"In doing so, the Administration has shown it can listen to the voices of over 100 countries, the World Health Organization, former leaders, public health experts, Nobel Laureates and activists around the world..."
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"...and countered the shameful behavior of big pharmaceutical monopolies which are placing profits over the right to health of billions of people."
"While a bold step towards a people's vaccine, this is a first step."
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