Big Pharma may have to reveal government deals in WHO’s draft pandemic rules
London, UKReuters Pharmaceutical companies could be made to disclose prices and deals agreed for any products they make to fight future pandemics, under new rules being drawn up by the World Health Organization and reviewed by Reuters. A draft version of the WHO’s pandemic accord, which it hopes will be adopted by the UN health […]
COVID-19’s pharma billionaires could vaccinate the world’s poor, charities say
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation COVID-19 vaccine profits have created at least nine billionaires whose combined wealth would be enough to inoculate all of the world’s poor, a coalition of charities and activists said on Thursday, calling for a more equitable distribution of jabs. The new billionaires – who include senior executives from US firm Moderna […]
COVID-19 vaccine a “moral moment” for humanity, conference hears
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The emergence of a COVID-19 vaccine looks set to be a “moral moment” in human history when global leaders can level the playing field or deepen inequalities exposed by the pandemic, charity and business leaders told a conference on Wednesday. As wealthy nations rush to snap up promising vaccines in development […]
Countering COVID-19: Countries, companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine
JULIE STEENHUYSEN, PETER EISLER, ALLISON MARTELL and STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, of Reuters, report on the race for a cure…