STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer and BioNTech seek Covid-vaccine use in kids under 5; Pfizer refunds $290,000 over misleading coupons
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The global pharmaceutical industry is lobbying for wealthy nations to fund a supply mechanism that would secure vaccines for low-income countries without delay in case of a new pandemic, but said the proposal was contingent on free cross-border trade, Reuters writes. An international trade group said global pandemic vaccine distribution needs to be put on a new footing because the world’s poorest countries were forced to wait for shots during the current pandemic. The procurement mechanism needs funding from higher-income countries and could only work if materials and finished products can be shipped without barriers within a globalized supply chain.
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