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Profits continue to come before saving lives: Covid vaccines create nine new billionaires The combined wealth of all nine comes to $19.3bn (€15.8bn) is enough to fully vaccinate some 780 million people in low-income countries 1.3 times, according to research. Covid-19 vaccines have led to the creation of nine new billionaires with a combined wealth of $19.3bn (€15.8bn). Tue, 25 May, 2021 - 21:08 Michelle McGlynn Covid-19 vaccines have led to the creation of nine new billionaires and seen t...

Coronavirus vaccines have spawned 9 new billionaires Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group said Thursday, calling for an end to pharmaceutical corporations "monopoly control" on vaccine technology, NDTV reports. Between them, the nine new billionaires have a combined net wealth of $19.3 billion (15.8 billion euros), enough to fully vaccinate all people in low-income countries 1.3 times," The Peoples Vaccine Alliance said in a statement...

May 21, 2021 published at 1:57 AMReuters A nurse prepares to administer the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine under the COVAX scheme against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the Eka Kotebe General Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 13, 2021. Reuters Indias export ban on Covid-19 shots risks dragging the battle against the pandemic "back to square one" unless wealthy nations step in to plug a gaping hole in the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme, health specialists said on Thursday (May 20...

BusinessWorld May 21, 2021 | 1:49 pm Photo via Philippine Star/Michael Varcas LONDON — India’s export ban on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) shots risks dragging the battle against the pandemic “back to square one” unless wealthy nations step in to plug a gaping hole in the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme, health specialists said on Thursday.  COVAX, which is critical for poorer countries, relies on AstraZeneca shots made by the ...

"These billionaires are the human face of the huge profits many pharmaceutical corporations are making from the monopoly they hold on these vaccines."

At least nine people involved with companies that develop and manufacture COVID vaccines have become billionaires since the beginning of the pandemic, thanks to the monopoly power of pharmaceutical firms, according to new analysis by global health groups. The new billionaires’ combined net wealth of $19.3 billion would cover the cost of vaccinating everyone in low-income countries where vaccines largely remain out of reach and roughly 10 percent of the world’s population lives, according to...

Covid-19 Vaccines Have Spawned Nine New Billionaires: Campaign Group 05/19/21 AT 11:14 PM Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group said Thursday, calling for an end to pharmaceutical corporations "monopoly control" on vaccine technology. "Between them, the nine new billionaires have a combined net wealth of $19.3 billion (15.8 billion euros), enough to fully vaccinate all people in low-income countries 1.3 times," The Peoples Vaccine Alli...

Coronavirus Vaccines Have Spawned 9 New Billionaires: Campaign Group Coronavirus Vaccines Have Spawned 9 New Billionaires: Campaign Group Topping the list of new vaccine billionaires were the CEO of Moderna Stephane Bancel, and his BioNTech counterpart Ugur Sahin. Eight existing billionaires have seen their combined wealth increase by $32.2 billion. Paris, France: Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group said Thursday, calling for an...

Follow RT on The CEOs of Moderna and BioNTech top the list of nine individuals who became billionaires on the back of the rollout of vaccines against Covid-19, a group advocating turning vaccine receipts into a global public good has said. Much of the scientific research that went into the creation of effective vaccines against Covid-19 was paid for by taxpayer money, but the private companies that hold monopolies on the resulting intellectual property (IP) are the ones that reap the re...

Covid vaccines create 9 new billionaires ANI 20 May 2021, 19:27 GMT+10 New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): At least nine people have become new billionaires since the beginning of Covid pandemic, thanks to the excessive profits pharmaceutical corporations with monopolies on Covid vaccines are making, the Peoples Vaccine Alliance said on Thursday ahead of a G20 leaders global health summit. They are: Stephane Bancel, Modernas CEO (worth 4.3 billion dollars), Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of BioNTe...