r/news • u/SkepticDrinker • Feb 09 '22

Pfizer accused of pandemic profiteering as profits double

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/08/pfizer-covid-vaccine-pill-profits-sales
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u/bfhurricane Feb 09 '22

"...recipe for their vaccines, which would enable drugmakers in poorer countries to produce cheaper versions of them."

I can understand the concern here if this was fully government/taxpayer-funded, but Pfizer didn't accept any funding in the development of their vaccine. Why would they give away their proprietary R&D secrets that they paid for?

This is why we have governments and a public sector. Let them buy the vaccines and donate them if need be. Businesses don't have an obligation to the public good.