London — Some British experts have slammed the U.S. decision to snap up nearly the entire global supply of remdesivir, the only drug licensed so far to treat COVID-19.
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Ohid Yaqub, a senior lecturer at the University of Sussex called it “disappointing news” in a statement.
“It so clearly signals an unwillingness to cooperate with other countries and the chilling effect this has on international agreements about intellectual property rights,” Yaqub said.
The U.S. government announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump had struck “an amazing deal” to buy the remdesivir drug for Americans, made by Gilead. The Department of Health and Human Services said Trump has secured 500,000 treatments of the drug through September, representing 100% of Gilead’s July production capacity and 90% of its capacity in August and September.
In earlier stages of the pandemic, the U.S. refused to export pre-ordered masks to other countries, including Canada.
Didn’t hear them screaming when China at the start bought up all ppe then resold it at double the price. Refused to allow Chinese manufacturing to sell on world market. Not a peep
Way to go pres trump America first from a USA manufacturer