Wealthy countries are balking at a proposal currently under discussion by the World Trade Organization to temporarily suspend intellectual property rules surrounding COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. The global trade body was approached in October by India and South Africa. The two developing countries asked them to waive certain parts of the agreement known as Trade-Related Aspects of … Continue reading Wealthy countries block India, South Africa’s bid to ban COVID vaccine patents
Harvard study: U.S. government actively props up Big Pharma’s profiteering monopoly
Many of us have long believed that the high drug prices in this country can be blamed on the government for allowing Big Pharma to have a monopoly, and now a Harvard study has admitted that this is indeed the main cause of this increasingly serious problem. The paper, which is entitled The High Cost of … Continue reading Harvard study: U.S. government actively props up Big Pharma’s profiteering monopoly
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 