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Painkiller: Big Pharma and the opioid epidemic
The sales team for Purdue Pharma worked relentlessly to persuade doctors to prescribe OxyContin for pain relief
Vaccine hesitancy is harmful
In a rebuttal to an opinion piece, Philip Machanick says while there is a distrust of Big Pharma and some medical bodies and research has been proven wrong, throwing out all of…
Understanding vaccine hesitancy is important, but it is vital that we go about it in the right way
Paediatrician Alastair McApline says that the reasoning Angelo Ryan uses to justify this position in an M&G opinion piece is ‘specious and flawed’
Vaccine hesitancy is a real problem we need real answers to. Muzzling debate is not one of them
Vaccines save lives. But why don’t we want to hear why people do not want to get the Covid-19 vaccine? It is important we get the right messaging across for us to achieve herd…
No vaccine superheroes or supervillains: Fix the system
Is Gates a superhero or a supervillain? That’s the wrong question. The right question is: How it is that one person can have so much influence over world health?
Pfizer backs down over ‘unreasonable’ terms in South Africa vaccine deal
Government, according to Mkhize, is “relieved” as Pfizer eventually conceded and removed the “problematic term”
Africa could produce a Covid-19 vaccine sooner than you think
In mere months, Moderna transformed an old Polaroid factory in America into a state-of-the-art vaccine-production centre. Why can’t we do the same?
A new era of vaccine sovereignty in Africa beckons
COMMENT: The AU has laid out a clear path for the continent to produce its own vaccines
‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal
Pfizer is accused of bullying Latin American governments by demanding they grant indemnity against potential civil claims relating to the vaccine
Patents a litmus test for global vaccine rollout
As India and South Africa push for relief at the World Trade Organisation through intellectual property rights waivers, India’s history of getting concessions may be the…
Debunk the lies of anti-vaxxers
There’s more than enough to be suspicious about with Big Pharma, but know your enemy
Homegrown vs Big Pharma: Who stands to benefit from the legal market for medical marijuana?
Cannabis is scheduled for its South African parole on September 18. Kelly McQue’s handy medical marijuana producers’ guide is an opening salvo against corporate medicine’s demand…
Pandemic profiteering: Activists sound the alarm over Big Pharma
Big Pharma is already showing signs of putting revenue ahead of saving lives in the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine, according to experts
South Africa must stand firm with India – the pharmacy of the developing world
As Indian PM Narendra Modi visits South Africa, we must push to ensure continued access to affordable medicines.
Pharma funding for TB research four times less than government funding
Available data shows significantly higher investment by public and philanthropic institutions in TB research than by the pharmaceutical industry.