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Vaccines

Reinhilde Veugelers, Belgian economist: “Governments must fully finance the development of the vaccine”

By Ingeborg Eliassen

Reinhilde Veugelers: Senior Fellow at Bruegel, Professor at Faculty of Economics and Business at the Catholic University of Leuven. Co-author of the April 2020 report Racing against Covid-19: A vaccine strategy for Europe. Why did you make this report? In discussions about Covid-19, it has … Read more "Reinhilde Veugelers, Belgian economist: “Governments must fully finance the development of the vaccine”"

Vaccines

European Alliance for Responsible R&D and Affordable Medicines: “If the public is an investor, it should act like one and demand something in return”

By Ingeborg Eliassen

The European Alliance for Responsible R&D and Affordable Medicines sprang out of a  price conflict between Germany, France and the US drug producer Gilead on price of Sovaldi, a treatment for hepatitis C, in 2014. Rich Western countries such as France and Italy couldn’t afford the drug … Read more "European Alliance for Responsible R&D and Affordable Medicines: “If the public is an investor, it should act like one and demand something in return”"