We'll find a treatment for coronavirus – but drug companies will decide who gets it

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Pharmaceutical giants will bury treatments in a thicket of patents, say Achal Prabhala and Ellen ‘t Hoen

How will the Covid-19 pandemic end? According to conventional wisdom, the crisis may ease in a few months, when some of the antiviral medicines on trial succeed. In a few years’ time, when a vaccine becomes available, we may eradicate the virus altogether.

 

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When found the vaccine should be given away free as Dr Jonas Salk did with the polio vaccine.

There is already treatment at a much lower cost - Hydroxychloroquine

Polymnia2009 Drug companies will bid for it until it's too expensive for us mere mortals,, they mean.

If a pharmaceutical company came out with a vaccine they’d make billions. It would be in demand for a couple of years then tail off. The main downside is that companies prefer remedies to cures. They’d much prefer to treat the symptoms of a disease than cure it

And people we voted for are doing? SFA

Let me guess, the rich and famous.

Who are 'we' ?

Patent race for drug....Capitalism still exist,history say so....

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