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An employee of ALMO, one of the leading manufacturers of disposable syringes worldwide, works at the company's production facility in Bad Arolsen, Germany on December 15, 2020. (Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images)

Rich Nations Could 'Make Enough Vaccine for the World' With Just $25 Billion: Analysis

"The global vaccine apartheid is a policy choice," said the People's Vaccine Alliance. "We have the means to end it."

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

"After all we've been through in this pandemic, it's unconscionable that Rep. Auchincloss (D-Mass.) would rather do the bidding of Big Pharma corporate donors than lower prescription drug prices for working families," said Alexandra Rojas, executive director of Justice Democrats, on May 25, 2021. (Photo: Social Security Works)

'Auchincloss Is a Shill': Democrat Excoriated for Siding With Big Pharma Against Lower Drug Prices

"There's nothing 'moderate' or 'bipartisan' about blocking plans to lower drug prices," said one organizer.

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

People wear face masks near Madison Square Park on September 29, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images)

This Older Americans Month, Let's Recommit to America's Seniors

Older Americans cannot fill their vital role in society without basic security—the peace of mind of knowing that they can pay their bills and have access to affordable health care and prescription drugs.

Max Richtman ·

Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, speaks to the media on May 12, 2021 in Norwood, Massachusetts.

As Covid Ravages Poor Nations, Pharma Vaccine Profiteering Has Created 9 New Billionaires

"These billionaires are the human face of the huge profits many pharmaceutical corporations are making from the monopoly they hold on these vaccines."

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.)—minus her "Whiteboard of Justice"—speaks at the U.S. Capitol on December 19, 2019. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

'You Lie': Katie Porter Wields 'Whiteboard of Justice' While Grilling Pharma CEO on Price Hikes

"You're spending all this money to make sure you make money rather than spending money to... help patients," the California congresswoman told AbbVie's Richard Gonzalez. 

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Health insurance and health care costs have increasingly moved out of reach for many in the past few decades. (Photo: Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Redistribution of Health Through the American Families Plan

The American Families Plan will make the Affordable Care Act subsidies permanent—ensuring that millions of Americans can keep their care. And the top 1% of taxpayers will pay for it.

Laura Packard ·

A coalition of healthcare advocacy organizations rallied outside Pfizer Worldwide Headquarters in Manhattan on March 11, 2021. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

On Vaccine Patents, A Light Out of the Darkness

Demonstrators weren't just protesting vaccine patents. They were defying a neoliberal order that uses the luminous products of human intelligence for private exploitation.

Richard Eskow ·

A member of the public health advocacy campaign "The People's Vaccine" protests outside an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, United Kingdom on May 11, 2021. The demonstrators called on the pharmaceutical giant to make the technology behind its Covid-19 vaccine free to the world. (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Revealed: Big Pharma's Plot to Derail US Covid-19 Vaccine Waiver

The Intercept's Lee Fang has obtained confidential documents exposing the pharmaceutical lobby's attempts to recruit lawmakers for anti-TRIPS waiver effort. 

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Moderna, a U.S. biotech firm, announced on November 16, 2020 that its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95% effective. (Photo illustration: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Movement for People's Vaccine Open Doors to Larger Revolt Against Big Pharma?

A TRIPS suspension may only be a first step, but it is an important one. It puts in play questions of who really makes and who profits from these miraculous vaccines.

John Buell ·

An employee of ALMO, one of the leading manufacturers of disposable syringes worldwide, works at the company's production facility in Bad Arolsen, Germany on December 15, 2020. (Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images)

Report Debunks Big Pharma's 'Dangerous Narrative' on Vaccine Supplies

"We need urgent public manufacturing and technology sharing to meet global need and end the pandemic."

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·