![]() ![]() "When over 80% of people in low-income countries still haven't received a single jab and deaths are still mounting, this is unconscionable: Pfizer has blood on its hands." "I'm protesting at Pfizer today because it's sickening that they're celebrating record profits while refusing to share the technology with countries in the Global South who could manufacture these lifesaving medications," said Tarun Gidwani, a member of the Global Justice Now Youth Network. Pfizer has also faced backlash for obstructing African countries' attempts to study Paxlovid, the company's oral anti-viral treatment for Covid-19. ![]() ![]() ![]() headquarters, activists dropped mock sacks of money and positioned wheelbarrows full of fake cash near the building's entrance to denounce the New York-based company's opposition to tech transfer initiatives and other efforts to expand coronavirus vaccine production in developing nations, where billions have been denied access to the shots. "Thousands of people are still dying every day because protections against the coronavirus have not been made accessible to all." As major pharmaceutical executives and investors convened virtually on Thursday for their annual shareholder meetings, campaigners took to the streets in the U.S., the U.K., India, South Africa, and elsewhere to condemn major drug companies for hoarding technology and prioritizing profits over equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines. ![]()
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