Posted on 05/14/2020 10:34:07 AM PDT by Olog-hai
French pharmaceutical group Sanofi promised Thursday that it would make its COVID-19 vaccine, when ready, available in all countries, hours after the company’s CEO said the United States will get first access.
Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson’s comments that a vaccine would go first to the U.S. prompted an angry reaction from the French government.
“Equal access for all to the vaccine is not negotiable,” French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in a tweet.
French President Emmanuel Macron was described by his office as also being “upset” by Hudson’s comments.
Macron is pushing for vaccines to be considered a “common good” for humanity that must not be subject to market pressures.
Philippe said he spoke to Serge Weinberg, chairman of the Sanofi board, about the vaccine and received “all the necessary assurances” that it would be distributed in France. …
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>>Macron is pushing for vaccines to be considered a “common good” for humanity that must not be subject to market pressures.
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Good idea the French can take it first
I’m not taking it anyway. It’s a rush job, everything we were told about corona 8 weeks ago was completely wrong but now they got it? And no testing. And you think I’m gonna line up for this? KMA
Every other drug takes years to get approved. But they do this in a week or two? Yeahhhhh sure buddy.
would getting it first be a feature or a bug?
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