Big Pharma
Johnson & Johnson settles opioid case in New York, will pay...
26 Jun, 2021
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to cough up a settlement of up to $230 million and stop selling opioids in the US....
End the system of private patents!
For a pharmaceutical industry under popular control and a free, universal and public vaccination system
8 June 2021
Thanks to a huge scientific effort based on...
Humanity vs. Multinationals
Germany, the dark power of Europe
In spite of statements on the contrary, EU leaders prefer to sell vaccines rather than facilitate domestic production.
May 8,...
It’s good Biden is suspending vaccine patents. But the whole rotten...
US tax dollars helped create the Moderna vaccine – and 59% of Americans say Moderna share its vaccine technology with manufacturers worldwide
By David Adler...
Germany: the main anti-Humane power in Europe and a tool of...
Germany rejects U.S. proposal to waive patents on COVID-19 vaccines
May 6, 2021
Germany on Thursday rejected a U.S. proposal to waive patent protection for COVID-19...
Russia ready to back waiving intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines,...
6 May, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow would support relinquishing patent rights for Covid-19 vaccines, given the importance of fighting the...
Spain backs patent waiver, it says it is not enough
May 6, 2021
The Spanish government on Thursday said a U.S. proposal to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines signals the "way forward" but will not...
Costa Rica. A small state and a world pioneer
WHO and Costa Rica launch COVID-19 Technology Access Pool
By William Worley*
29 May 2020
LONDON — An international project to share intellectual property, scientific data, and...
Moralized Discourses: South Africa’s Intellectual Property Fight for Access to AIDS...
By Debora Halbert
Nov. 2002
INTRODUCTION
In 1997, the South African government passed the South AfricanMedicines and Related Substances Control Act Amendments in order toaddress the...
Myths of Vaccine Manufacturing | In the Pipeline
By Derek Lowe
2 February, 2021
In the last few days, the question of why more drug companies haven’t been enlisted for vaccine production...