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What do Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, and the far-right have in common?

1 Jul 2022


What do Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, and the far-right have in common?

A recent @inthesetimesmag article revealed that tobacco companies funded advocacy groups against the TRIPS waiver—a proposal tabled at the WTO to relax intellectual property rules during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure equitable and a timely supply of vaccines, tests, medicines and health equipments.

In Europe, where these groups have been especially active, far-right Members of the European Parliament are among their constituencies, according to the Corporate Europe Observatory.

Their common goal? The defense of intellectual property for tobacco products, an ambition to enter the billionaire Covid-19 vaccine business and the opposition of public health measures. More specifically, the defense of intellectual property rights safeguards them against the plain packaging of tobacco products and other tobacco epidemic mitigating measures, as established in the WHO Convention on Tobacco Control, one of their key battlegrounds on which they rely on IP.

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine #bigpharma #EndCovidMonopolies #Tobacco #farright #covid #TRIPSWaiver


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DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

If we can speak about recovery for some, we must acknowledge that #COVID has been a thriving time for others, particularly #BigPharma.

#Pfizer's vaccine is one of the most lucrative products in history, amassing nearly $37 bn

Dr Lesley Ann Foster at #ECOSOC

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine

DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

This is what #COVID caused in low-income countries:

🔸Debt increase 📈
🔸Untold hardship
🔸Millions of jobs lost
🔸Food insecurity
🔸High levels of GBV
🔸Decrease in investments in social programs 📉

Dr Lesley Ann Foster at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine

DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

"When we talk about accountability to partnerships, there have to be parameters, inexcusable promotion and protection of #HumanRights & scrutiny of how partnerships work, & how benefits are shared.

Dr Lesley Ann Foster at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine

DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

"The absurd & unconscionable profits raked in by #BigPharma during #COVID are paid in human lives, particularly in the global South".

Dr Lesley Ann Foster, Executive-Director of @masimanyane at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine

DAWN@DAWNfeminist·

"The absurd & unconscionable profits raked in by #BigPharma during #COVID are paid in human lives, particularly in the global South."

Dr Lesley Ann Foster, Executive-Director of @masimanyane at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum

#Fem4PeoplesVaccine