Thread by @MSF_access, The #COVID19 pandemic has exposed the flaws in the current drug development [...]

The #COVID19 pandemic has exposed the flaws in the current drug development system.

As @Gavi prepares for a Board meeting this week, we have some urgent recommendations to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines

are accessible, affordable and available to EVERYONE who needs them.

The #COVID19 pandemic has exposed the flaws in the current drug development system. As @Gavi prepares for a Board meeting this week, we have some urgent recommendations to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines are accessible, affordable and available to EVERYONE who needs them.

If we don’t attach strings to public funding handed over to pharma corporations, we could end up paying millions for a #vaccine that never materialises, let alone one that is accessible & affordable.

@Gavi, how can we avoid gambling public money on risky advance deals?

If we don’t attach strings to public funding handed over to pharma corporations, we could end up paying millions for a #vaccine that never materialises, let alone one that is accessible & affordable. @Gavi, how can we avoid gambling public money on risky advance deals?

We need to see companies commit to selling future #COVID19 vaccines at an *at-cost* price to protect more lives.

How will funders such as @Gavi ensure this?

http://ow.ly/pHEJ50Afche

We need to see companies commit to selling future #COVID19 vaccines at an *at-cost* price to protect more lives. How will funders such as @Gavi ensure this? http://ow.ly/pHEJ50Afche

The public pays for the development of #COVID19 vaccines through their taxes, so they deserve transparency on public money that is handed over to pharma corporations.

@Gavi, where’s the accountability for pharma?

http://ow.ly/pHEJ50Afche