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      U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend the G7 meeting

      Scientists to G7 Leaders: Prepare for Next Pandemic by Combating Big Pharma Greed

      "The pharmaceutical industry will always lobby to maximize their own profits, regardless of the impact on public health, but G7 leaders must resist."

      Jake Johnson
      May 18, 2023

      A group of scientists warned the leaders of rich countries on Thursday that the world is badly unprepared for the next pandemic and must urgently lay the groundwork for a swift, equitable global response that puts lives over pharmaceutical industry profits.

      In a letter to the heads of G7 nations as they gathered in Hiroshima for their annual summit, 16 scientists from South Africa, Brazil, the U.S., the United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia, and other nations wrote that "it is critical that in the next health crisis the world rapidly deploys medical countermeasures in every country, regardless of their ability to pay," invoking the deadly failure to ensure sufficient access to Covid-19 vaccines in poor nations.

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      Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel speaks to reporters

      'The Sheer Greed Is Obscene': Moderna Plans 4,000% Markup for Covid Vaccine

      "This vaccine isn't just Moderna's, it was developed in collaboration with a government agency," said one campaigner. "It should be available and affordable for everyone, everywhere."

      Jake Johnson
      Jan 10, 2023

      The Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical giant Moderna faced angry backlash on Tuesday following the CEO's announcement that the firm is considering pricing its Covid-19 vaccine somewhere between $100 and $130 per dose in the United States.

      The upper end of that range, according to the People's Vaccine Alliance (PVA), would represent a 4,000% markup above the cost of manufacturing the shot, which experts have pegged at roughly $2.85 per dose.

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      A healthcare worker holds up a vial of Pfize's Covid-19 vaccine

      As US Moves On From Pandemic, Demand for Covid Vaccines Wanes in Global South

      "You're telling us the pandemic is over?" said one global public health official. "It's disingenuous."

      Julia Conley
      Jan 04, 2023

      Four months after U.S. President Joe Biden said in a television interview that "the pandemic is over," global immunization experts are warning that "pandemic fatigue" may be contributing to declining demand for Covid-19 vaccines in developing countries, even as vaccination rates in the Global South are far below the World Health Organization's target.

      As The Washington Post reported Wednesday, Covax, the WHO-backed vaccine sharing initiative launched in 2020, expects to deliver about 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in 2023, compared to roughly one billion doses that were distributed in lower-income countries in 2021 and 2022.

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