Business-as-Usual will not Deliver the COVID-19 Vaccines We Need

Governments must become active shapers of medical innovation and drive the development of critical health technologies as global health commons. The ‘race’ for COVID-19 vaccines is exposing the deficiencies of a business-as-usual medical innovation ecosystem driven by corporate interests, not health...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Torreele, Els
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Palgrave Macmillan UK 2020
Materias:
Upfront
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7649577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33192028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-020-00261-1
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Sumario:Governments must become active shapers of medical innovation and drive the development of critical health technologies as global health commons. The ‘race’ for COVID-19 vaccines is exposing the deficiencies of a business-as-usual medical innovation ecosystem driven by corporate interests, not health outcomes. Instead of bolstering collective intelligence, it relies on competition between proprietary vaccines and allows the bar on safety and efficacy to be lowered, risking people’s health and undermining their trust.

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