Big pharma executives and shareholders saw their wealth skyrocket in the week after the Omicron variant was discovered, with just eight top Pfizer and Moderna … Omicron variant made $10 billion in a week for top eight Moderna and Pfizer shareholdersRead more
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How WTO Rules Protect Big Pharma Profits
Lori Wallach Rethinking Trade – Season 1 Episode 30: Deep Dive: The mission here is to get vaccines, treatments and tests to people in every … How WTO Rules Protect Big Pharma ProfitsRead more
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Pfizer Bullies South American Governments over COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer, whose global reputation as one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies has been bolstered by its development of a COVID-19 vaccine, has a record … Pfizer Bullies South American Governments over COVID-19 VaccineRead more
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US drug overdose deaths surged to 100,000
More than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States during the 12-month period ending April 2021, according to new provisional data published … US drug overdose deaths surged to 100,000Read more
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Big Pharma Spent ‘Horrifying’ Sums of Money to Weaken Drug Price Reform
Pharmaceutical corporations and private health insurers spent $171 million on lobbying through the first nine months of the year, the most of any industry. Big … Big Pharma Spent ‘Horrifying’ Sums of Money to Weaken Drug Price ReformRead more
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Amid Pandemic, Pfizer Boosts Vaccine Sales Forecast to $36 Billion
Public health campaigners on Tuesday accused Pfizer of putting profits over human life after the U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant raised its coronavirus vaccine sales projection to … Amid Pandemic, Pfizer Boosts Vaccine Sales Forecast to $36 BillionRead more
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US must stop hoarding excess COVID-19 vaccine doses
Millions of people remain at risk of dying from COVID-19 because high-income countries (HICs), including the US, continue to hoard excess vaccine doses, warns a … US must stop hoarding excess COVID-19 vaccine dosesRead more
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‘Unconscionable Profits,’ Monopolies, and Low Taxes for Covid-19 Vaccine Makers
The People’s Vaccine Alliance on Wednesday called out BioNTech, Moderna, and Pfizer for “reaping astronomical and unconscionable profits due to their monopolies of mRNA Covid … ‘Unconscionable Profits,’ Monopolies, and Low Taxes for Covid-19 Vaccine MakersRead more
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Vaccine Inequity: Meet the Doctor Refusing a Booster
Wealthy nations have received over 16 times more COVID-19 vaccines per person than poorer nations dependent on the COVAX program backed by the World Health … Vaccine Inequity: Meet the Doctor Refusing a BoosterRead more
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Intelligence outfit at center of US digital vaccine passport push
Described as “the most important organization you’ve never heard of,” MITRE rakes in massive security state contracts to pioneer invasive spy tech. Now it’s at … Intelligence outfit at center of US digital vaccine passport pushRead more