Why big pharma had a responsibility to profit from the pandemic
- Written by Michael James Boland, PhD Researcher, IRC Government of Ireland Scholar, University College Cork
Shutterstock/Yalcin SonatThe pharmaceutical company Pfizer expects to earn up to US$26 billion (£18 billion) this year from the sale of its COVID-19 vaccine. Profits for the first quarter of 2021 are apparently 44% higher than they were a year ago.
Similarly, Moderna expects to make US$18.4 billion (£13 billion), and record its first...