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Billionaire Bill Gates Says “No” to Sharing Vaccine Recipes With Poor Countries
Earlier this month 66 organizations called on the U.S. to initiate a global vaccine manufacturing program.
Sanders and Warren Call on Biden to Reverse Trump-Era Vaccine Apartheid
Biden is under intense pressure to choose people over pharmaceutical profits as COVID outbreaks continue globally.
Big Pharma’s Shareholder Payouts Are Enough to Fund Vaccines for All of Africa
Less than 2 percent of all COVID vaccine doses administered globally have gone to people in Africa.
Only 0.2 Percent of COVID Vaccines Have Gone to Poor Countries
Experts warn this inequity will persist unless rich countries end their obstruction of efforts to suspend drug patents.
Bernie Sanders Introduces Bills to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
“How many people need to get unnecessarily sicker before Congress is prepared to take on the greed?” Sanders asked.
Sanders Urges Biden to Support Effort to Suspend Pharma Patents
The proposal is backed by nearly 70 percent of U.S. adults surveyed and more than 100 nations worldwide.
Defeating COVID Requires Waiving Big Pharma’s Vaccine Patents, WHO Leader Says
The head of the World Health Organization warned that global inequalities in vaccination could come back to haunt us.
Anti-Government Spending Group Attacks Discount Drug Program for the Poor
The group may be helping Big Pharma advance its agenda by lending an appearance of grassroots support.
Biden Can Save Lives From COVID by Supporting Intellectual Property Rules Waiver
World Trade Organization rules are currently blocking equitable distribution of COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines.
Experts Say We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply and Price
Leaders in the Global South and global health advocates are increasingly decrying vaccine hoarding by richer countries.