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Is US Big Pharma getting away with murder? RT’s Boom Bust investigates

Posted on July 22, 2021July 22, 2021By Editor

US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is considering a new liability strategy to handle the thousands of lawsuits the company faces over its controversial talcum powder. … Read More >Is US Big Pharma getting away with murder? RT’s Boom Bust investigates

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Vaccine nationalism causing ‘CATASTROPHIC’ poverty crisis (Oxfam GB’s Anna Marriott) E1029

Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021By Editor

We speak to Anna Marriott of Oxfam GB and the People’s Vaccine Alliance. She discusses the Peoples Vaccine Alliance campaign for a patent-free global public coronavirus vaccine, the G7’s ‘failure’ to help bring the pandemic under control … Read More >Vaccine nationalism causing ‘CATASTROPHIC’ poverty crisis (Oxfam GB’s Anna Marriott) E1029

‘Completely inappropriate’: Top scientists denounce Big Pharma for implying annual Covid booster shots are crucial

Posted on May 17, 2021May 17, 2021By Editor

More than a dozen influential infectious disease and vaccine experts say the first round of jabs may offer enough protection against Covid-19, refuting Big Pharma’s claims that regular shots will “likely” be needed. … Read More >‘Completely inappropriate’: Top scientists denounce Big Pharma for implying annual Covid booster shots are crucial

Op-ed

Moderna’s Covid-19 jab got the ‘best vaccine’ award – from a US-dominated Vaccine Congress stuffed with corporate goons

Posted on May 10, 2021May 10, 2021By Editor

At a time when utmost altruism is crucial in vaccinating the Covid-19-ridden world, the ‘best vaccine’ award went to a jab made by a greedy corporation that seems more interested in protecting its profits than spreading the shot. … Read More >Moderna’s Covid-19 jab got the ‘best vaccine’ award – from a US-dominated Vaccine Congress stuffed with corporate goons

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WHO asks Big Pharma for more transparent vaccine data with fewer redactions to boost ‘public trust’ & scientific ‘integrity’

Posted on May 10, 2021May 10, 2021By Editor

The pharmaceutical industry must provide widespread access to clinical data for new medicines and vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) have said. … Read More >WHO asks Big Pharma for more transparent vaccine data with fewer redactions to boost ‘public trust’ & scientific ‘integrity’

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‘Wrong answer’: Big Pharma group up in arms after Biden signals support for profit-threatening patent waiver on Covid vaccines

Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021By Editor

An international body representing a who’s-who of Big Pharma firms has rejected a US-backed proposal to lift intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines, insisting the move will not speed up global distribution. … Read More >‘Wrong answer’: Big Pharma group up in arms after Biden signals support for profit-threatening patent waiver on Covid vaccines

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Vaccine passports & protests in Haiti

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

Vaccine passports stir controversy while more than 100 countries call for an end to Big Pharma’s control of vaccines. There are no Covid vaccines in Haiti as protests over the Haitian Constitution continue. A new Utah law requires biological fathers to pay half of all pregnancy-related costs. … Read More >Vaccine passports & protests in Haiti

USA

Moderna becomes first to start trialing Covid-19 jab on kids aged 6 months to 11 years

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021By Editor

US pharmaceutical firm Moderna has commenced trials of its Covid-19 vaccine on kids ranging from just 6 months to 11 years old, the youngest so far to receive any Covid jab. … Read More >Moderna becomes first to start trialing Covid-19 jab on kids aged 6 months to 11 years

Austrian chancellor suspects ‘secret contracts’ signed at ‘vaccine bazaar’ behind unequal jab distribution in EU

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

Covid-19 jabs are being distributed unevenly between EU member states, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said, pointing to “secret contracts” signed at a “vaccine bazaar” with big pharma by the bloc’s vaccination steering board. … Read More >Austrian chancellor suspects ‘secret contracts’ signed at ‘vaccine bazaar’ behind unequal jab distribution in EU

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Texas residents billed thousands despite blackouts

Posted on February 25, 2021February 25, 2021By Editor

Power companies price-gouge Texans, charging them thousands despite rolling blackouts. Congressional hearings over Gamestop’s short squeeze saga begin. Hundreds of cancer cases are linked to the popular weight-loss drug Belviq. … Read More >Texas residents billed thousands despite blackouts