How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester | - ( ProPublica) - Ever since he was a medical student, Dr. Neil Martinson has …
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By Anna Maria Barry-Jester | - ( ProPublica) - Ever since he was a medical student, Dr. Neil Martinson has …
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Tuberculosis remains a ‘poor’ disease that mostly afflicts those living in developing countries.
Ever since he was a medical student, Dr. Neil Martinson has confronted the horrors of tuberculosis, the world’s oldest and deadliest pandemic. For more than 30 years, patients have streamed into the South African clinics where he has worked — migrant workers, malnourished children and pregnant women with HIV — coughing up blood. Some were so emaciated, he could see their ribs.
A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives. But its development slowed after its corporate owner focused on more profitable vaccines.