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Covid-19 vaccine is cheaper, easier to make and patent-free

January 15, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

On the Guardian today – Covid-19 vaccine is cheaper, easier to make and patent-free Caveat – little about efficacy: “Corbevax’s clinical trial data has yet to be released due to resource constraints, but Texas Children’s hospital said the vaccine was over 90% effective against the original Covid-19 strain and over 80% effective against the Delta … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Pandemic, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Corbevax, Delta variant, mRNA, Patent-Free, Patent-Free Drugs, Vaccines

Patent-Free Drugs

July 18, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Another piece from the NY Times today, July 18, 2017, this one by Fran Quigley (Health and Human Rights Clinic at Indiana University McKinney School of Law) and the full article can be read here. How’s this for a great deal? The United States government funded research and development of a new vaccine against Zika. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Racism, Science, This Day in History Tagged: D.N.D.I., Doctors Without Borders, drugs, Drugs for Neglected Disease Initiative, Médecins Sans Frontières, Patent-Free, Patent-Free Drugs

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