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GOVERNMENT deals with two US pharmaceutical companies to buy 90 million advance doses of potential coronavirus vaccines undermines fair global access to the drug, campaigners have said.
The two separate deals announced today for in-development vaccines from Novavax (60 million doses) and Janssen (30m doses) were struck on a Britain-first basis.
Under the agreement with Janssen, the pharma subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, the government can purchase 22 million more doses of the vaccine if required.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
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Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
While ordinary Americans were suffering in the wake of 2005’s deadly hurricane, the Bush administration was more concerned with maintaining its anti-Cuba stance than with saving lives, writes MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS