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Covid vaccine profits mint 9 new pharma billionaires
CNN Business ^ | May 2021 | Hanna Zlady

Posted on 05/21/2021 1:21:36 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

London (CNN Business)Covid-19 vaccineshave created at least nine new billionaires after shares in companies producing the shots soared.

Topping the list of new billionaires are Moderna(MRNA) CEO Stéphane Bancel and Ugur Sahin, the CEO of BioNTech (BNTX), which has produced a vaccine with Pfizer (PFE). Both CEOs are now worth around $4 billion, according to an analysis by the People's Vaccine Alliance, a campaign group that includes Oxfam, UNAIDS, Global Justice Now and Amnesty International.

Senior executives from China's CanSino Biologics and early investors in Moderna have also become billionaires on paper as shares skyrocketed, partly in expectation of profits earned from Covid vaccines, which also bode well for the companies' future prospects. The analysis was compiled using data from the Forbes Rich List. Moderna's share price has gained more than 700% since February 2020, while BioNTech has surged 600%. CanSino Biologics' stock is up about 440% over the same period. The company's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine was approved for use in China in February.

Activists said the wealth generation highlighted the stark inequality that has resulted from the pandemic. The nine new billionaires are worth a combined $19.3 billion, enough to fully vaccinate some 780 million people in low-income countries, campaigners said...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: moderna; pfizer; profits; vaccine
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1 posted on 05/21/2021 1:21:36 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

How much did Fauxi make?


2 posted on 05/21/2021 1:29:27 PM PDT by Pollard
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To: Pollard

The vaccine industry is pure evil

The vaccine theory is pure fraud

Prove me wrong

When there was a $30,000 reward offered in 1952 to 1960 for anybody that could prove that the SALK vaccine was real

nobody ever took them up on it nobody could ever prove that it wasn’t a complete and utter fraud then

in 1955

The beat goes on

Think about it for a minute

you’re letting the government inject whatever they want to

Directly into your bloodstream.

They say “trust us”

Trust me I know that the scariest thing is nearly the entire medical establishment is behind the vaccine theory

Doctors have had it ingrained in school from day 1


3 posted on 05/21/2021 1:35:48 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

There’s a lot more folks who got wealthy. Check the stock market. And there’s a lot more to come when they tell you a booster is necessary....or you’re all gonna die.


4 posted on 05/21/2021 1:37:10 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

That is Capitalism 101. I take it you do not like capitalism.
If you had the brains to create a vaccine, you could be a Billionaire as well, and I would not begrudge your success.


5 posted on 05/21/2021 1:53:59 PM PDT by entropy12 (President Trump saved Millions of lives with his warp speed push of vaccines, including my spouse.)
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To: entropy12

No, it’s not capitalism 101. These guys are putting out a product and have no liability.


6 posted on 05/21/2021 1:56:11 PM PDT by RushingWater
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To: RushingWater

Exactly, this is more like socialism. They create this shot, it is not tested for long term issues, people are being shamed and soon to be forced to be part of this experiment in order to buy and sell.


7 posted on 05/21/2021 2:01:17 PM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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To: RushingWater
These guys are putting out a product and have no liability.

Socializing losses.

Which is a lot like capitalism, except that it ain't, as you pointed out.

8 posted on 05/21/2021 2:01:59 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Jane Long; ransomnote; SecAmndmt; Secret Agent Man; Jan_Sobieski; bagster; Roman_War_Criminal; ...

Imagine that......


9 posted on 05/21/2021 2:15:53 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

then think of all those who profited and were made millionaires, or just a heck of a lot better off


10 posted on 05/21/2021 2:18:14 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: entropy12
What I find most notable are how few Americans are on the list. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Good for them and good for you and everyone who benefits from the booster and whatever next strikes your fancy next to be vaccinated for. 🤑

Meanwhile there seems to be zero profit incentive for anyone to get to the bottom of how Covid truly originated in the first place and for curing a multitude of other illnesses — like cancer, many patients of whom had screenings delayed due to Covid.

11 posted on 05/21/2021 2:23:48 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I agree on the delays for cancer screening and heart disease etc. due to restrictions and lockdowns due to the China virus.

It was a giant conspiracy to take down president Trump, and sadly it succeeded.


12 posted on 05/21/2021 2:29:21 PM PDT by entropy12 (President Trump saved Millions of lives with his warp speed push of vaccines, including my spouse.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Well, at least it something useful along the way.


13 posted on 05/21/2021 3:10:06 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Am I supposed to be upset that people who make products that people want make lots of money? Used to be that being a smart businessman got you praise from people on the right and it was people on the left like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who cried about how terrible it was that you actually made a profit.

I guess nobody likes successful people now. Not a great way to incentivize hard work and smart decisions: if it works, everyone hates you.


14 posted on 05/21/2021 3:15:01 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: entropy12

Still a totally (loser) provaxxer, eh?
Next you’ll tell us that the CCP Wuhan flu is not a biological warfare PLANdemic akin to bubonic plague and Ebola even though 99.97% (or more) survivable.


15 posted on 05/21/2021 3:15:32 PM PDT by A strike (Were there rainbows before the Flood ?)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

add you to post 15


16 posted on 05/21/2021 3:21:36 PM PDT by A strike (Were there rainbows before the Flood ?)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

A reminder that there is more at stake and than the true common good. And the balance is everything. We run into problems when:

1) Cheaper drugs or other treatments are being stigmatized even if they may be of crucial, even life saving benefit.
2) Diseases that have gone without screening during the pandemic remain incurable due to lack of incentive and profit motives into research.

Etc...


17 posted on 05/21/2021 3:22:56 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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18 posted on 05/21/2021 3:23:19 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: Truthoverpower
When there was a $30,000 reward offered in 1952 to 1960 for anybody that could prove that the SALK vaccine was real

Do you have a citation for that?

19 posted on 05/21/2021 4:55:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Hmmmm...color me stupid but wasn't the plan from day one, and the whole reason for the virus? Wash, rinse, repeat.
20 posted on 05/21/2021 6:31:19 PM PDT by Badboo (You know in your bones America is dying. The Uniparty isn't going to stop ‘till the carcass rots.)
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