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  Here’s Why Vaccines Are So Crucial

  National Geographic - Cynthia Gorney

  If children in poor countries got the shots that rich countries take for granted, hundreds of thousands of young lives could be saved. Go see the child, Samir Saha said. Just sit with her. Probably the siblings will be there too, the brother and sister whose lives are also altered permanently. ‘This …

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  Opinion | Escaping Big Pharma’s Pricing With Patent-Free Drugs (Published 2017)

  The New York Times - Fran Quigley

  How’s this for a great deal? The United States government funded research and development of a new vaccine against Zika. But the Army, which paid a French pharmaceutical manufacturer for its development, is planning to grant exclusive rights to the vaccine to the manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur, along …

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  Sanofi gets an exclusive on Zika vaccine; what do taxpayers get?

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  Doctors Without Borders

  Mar 2, 2017
• “increase competition and thus bring down the price and ensure the vaccine reaches those who need it in middle-income and developing countries.”

  

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  Zika vaccine could be delayed, unaffordable after US Army grants exclusive rights to pharma company

  devex.com - Sophie Edwards

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  Doctors Without Borders

  Dec 5, 2016