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      'Deeply Sinister': Emails Reveal Big Pharma Pushed Twitter to Silence Vaccine Equity Voices

      "At a time when online mobilizations were one of the few forms of protest available to the public, Twitter was seemingly asked to shield the powerful from criticism," said one campaigner. "That should worry all those who care about accountability."

      Brett Wilkins
      Jan 16, 2023

      Drugmaker BioNTech and the German government pushed Twitter to "hide" posts by activists calling on Big Pharma to temporarily lift patents on Covid-19 vaccines—a move which would have given people the Global South greater access to the lifesaving inoculations, a report published Monday by The Intercept revealed.

      Twitter lobbyist Nina Morschhaeuser "flagged the corporate accounts of Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca for her colleagues to monitor and shield from activists," according to The Intercept's Lee Fang. An email from Morschhaeuser said the German Federal Office for Information Security also contacted Twitter on behalf of BioNTech, whose spokesperson, Jasmina Alatovic, asked the social media giant to "hide" activist tweets targeting her company's account for two days.

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      Pharma Greed Awards

      And This Year's 'Pharma Greed Awards' Go to...

      Protesting an event celebrating the industry, activists reminded Big Pharma that "it's disgusting that they present awards to each other titled 'driving health equity' while their actions hold back equitable access to medicines for the world's poorest."

      Brett Wilkins
      Nov 17, 2022

      As Big Pharma executives gathered in London to congratulate each other with awards for their performance amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, access to medicines activists interrupted the gala ceremony to condemn the industry's profiteering and demand an end to pharma monopolies.

      "Pharma execs are celebrating their own greed with a round of back-slapping awards and swigging champagne."

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      Vaccine Equity Activists Denounce Pfizer's 'Obscene' Pandemic Windfall

      Vaccine Equity Activists Denounce Pfizer's 'Obscene' Pandemic Windfall

      "Companies like Pfizer will always put high profit before lives," said one campaigner after the pharma giant announced record second-quarter revenue.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jul 28, 2022

      Health equity campaigners on Thursday called for a fairer system of developing and distributing Covid-19 medications after pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced record second-quarter revenue, more than half of which is attributable to sales of coronavirus vaccines and treatments that remain out of reach for much of the Global South.

      "Millions of people in low- and middle-income countries faced death and devastation without access to vaccines while Pfizer sold doses to the highest bidders."

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