
15 May FT Health: Combating Coronavirus
The series with the Financial Times “FT Health Combating Coronavirus” is now completed (six articles published in the last two weeks: Coronavirus puts Big Pharma’s IP regime to the test; Big Pharma calls for ‘billions’ in upfront coronavirus funding; Drugmakers race to scale up vaccine capacity; The coronavirus pandemic is moment of truth for anti-vaccine movement; Will poor countries get the coronavirus treatments they need?; Coronavirus lessons for the fight against ‘superbugs’). Strong quotes by Pharma CEOs were picked-up about the need to maintain incentives, and good messages stand out about the need for solidarity and fair mechanisms to decide how best to allocate limited supplies.