A Trustworthy Vaccine from an Untrustworthy Company?
This is about the company behind the United Kingdom's mass vaccination program - Pfizer.
Pfizer became a big pharmaceutical giant by purchasing its competitors.
Pfizer’s list of scandals include many bribery charges; massive tax avoidance; and lawsuits, alleging that during a meningitis epidemic of 1990s in Nigeria, the company tested a risky new drug on children without consent from their parents.
Vaccine Company wants indemnity
NEW DELHI: Vaccine manufacturers need to have protection against all lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has said.
He also said that the vaccine makers are going to propose this to the government while speaking at a virtual panel on the challenges of developing a COVID-19 vaccine at the Carnegie India's Global Technology Summit on Friday.
"We need to have the government indemnify manufa ..