Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
Aid groups ask UK gov to stop pharma 'profiteering' from COVID-19
16 April 2020 - As of this morning – Thursday April 16 – the current recorded case count for COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the UK has hit 98,476 with 12,868 deaths.
More than 20 international aid organisations, including MSF UK, are urging the UK government to ensure that any COVID-19 vaccines developed with UK taxpayers’ money are produced ‘patent-free’ to prevent pharma corporations profiteering from them.
In an open letter, more than 20 aid organisations and academics insist that the government should impose strict conditions on UK funding for drugs, to safeguard against prices being set at “unaffordably high” levels.
