Media Releases
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2024
GILEAD’S LENACAPAVIR NEWS “MARRED” BY “LITTLE HOPE” FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Released on 12 September 2024
REACTION: SHUTTING DOWN MSF ACCESS CAMPAIGN WOULD BE A DISASTER
Released on 20 June 2024
REACTION: ACCESS TO INSULIN IS A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH
Released on 19 June 2024
300 WORLD LEADERS, CELEBRITIES, SCIENTISTS AND ACTIVISTS URGE GILEAD TO SHARE NEW HIV MEDICINE WITH LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
Released on 30 May 2024
RICH COUNTRY BLOCKING RESULTS IN FAILURE TO PRODUCE PANDEMIC TREATY
Released on 10 May 2024
OXFAM AND THE PEOPLE’S VACCINE ALLIANCE STATEMENT FOR INB9
Released on 18 March 2024
BIDEN AND VON DER LEYEN URGED TO END “PATENT HYPOCRISY” ON ANNIVERSARY OF COVID PANDEMIC
Released on 11 March 2024
PANDEMIC ACCORD HOAX HIGHLIGHTS “BLATANT HYPOCRISY” OF US AND EU APPROACH TO BIG PHARMA
Released on 14 February 2024
OXFAM AND THE PEOPLE’S VACCINE ALLIANCE STATEMENT FOR IHR REVIEW
Released on 5 February 2024
ASTOUNDING HYPOCRISY FOR RICH COUNTRIES TO BLOCK COVID-19 IP DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
Released on 31 January 2024
2023
PVA STATEMENT ON GAZA
Released on 22 November 2023
OXFAM AND THE PEOPLE’S VACCINE ALLIANCE WRITTEN SUBMISSION FOR THE INB7 MEETING
Released on 6 November 2023
OXFAM AND THE PEOPLE’S VACCINE ALLIANCE STATEMENT FOR INB7 MEETING
Released on 6 November 2023
USITC REPORT ON IP FOR COVID TESTS AND TREATMENTS: THERE CAN BE NO MORE DELAYS
Released on 17 October 2023
BIG PHARMA SPENT ALMOST AS MUCH ENRICHING SHAREHOLDERS AS ON R&D DURING PANDEMIC
Released on 15 October 2023
PVA COMMENT ON UNGA HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON PANDEMIC PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Released on 10 October 2023
NOBEL PRIZE WINNING MRNA WAS PUBLICLY FUNDED
Released on 2 October 2023
REACTION: South African court orders COVID contracts disclosure
Released on 17 August 2023
REACTION: PR industry council warns BioNTech and Twitter for attempt to avoid scrutiny from vaccine equity activists
Released on 10 August 2023
PVA Oxfam INB6 Statement
Released on 21 July 2023
EU VACCINE DEAL IS “SHORT SIGHTED” AND WILL REPEAT INEQUITY
Released on 30 June 2023
OXFAM AND THE PEOPLE’S VACCINE ALLIANCE STATEMENT FOR THE INB5 MEETING
Released on 13 June 2023
EQUITY NOT AN OPTIONAL EXTRA IN PANDEMIC TREATY, CIVIL SOCIETY SAYS
Released on 24 May 2023
PEOPLE’S VACCINE ALLIANCE AND OXFAM STATEMENT TO WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
Released on 24 May 2023
DON’T WAIT FOR CHARITY FROM PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS UN
Released on 10 May 2023
PVA ASIA MEDIA REACTION TO WHO DECLARATION TO END COVID EMERGENCY
Released on 9 May 2023
WHO COVID-19 DECLARATION: WORLD “DOOMED TO REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF THIS PANDEMIC” WITHOUT STRUCTURAL CHANGES
Released on 5 May 2023
MODERNA CEO MAKES 12,000 TIMES A MINIMUM WAGE WORKER
Released on 3 May 2023
EU PATENT LAW: EU HAS ADMITTED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RULES ARE A BARRIER TO ACCESSING MEDICINES, CAMPAIGNERS SAY
Released on 27 April 2023
EU PHARMA LEGISLATION “TOTAL HYPOCRISY” WHILE UNDERMINING HEALTH IN POORER COUNTRIES
Released on 26 April 2023
REACTION: US GOVERNMENT INVESTED $31.9 BILLION IN MRNA VACCINES, RESEARCH REVEALS
Released on 2 March 2023
OXFAM AND THE PEOPLE’S VACCINE ALLIANCE STATEMENT FOR THE INB4 MEETING
Released on 28 February 2023
MODERNA Q4 RESULTS: PUBLICLY FUNDED VACCINE SHOULDN’T BE “A GOLDMINE FOR BIG PHARMA”
Released on 23 February 2023
OXFAM AND THE PEOPLE’S VACCINE ALLIANCE STATEMENT ON THE ZERO DRAFT OF THE WHO CA+
Released on 15 February 2023
WHO DRAFT PANDEMIC TREATY PROVIDES “A GLIMMER OF HOPE” AFTER “TRAUMA” OF COVID-19
Released on 1 February 2023
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FACED “APARTHEID” DISTRIBUTION OF COVID-19 AND MPOX TESTS, REPORT FINDS
Released on 1 February 2023
PPFIZER Q4 EARNINGS: PFIZER HAS PLUNDERED HEALTH SYSTEMS FOR PROFIT, CAMPAIGNERS SAY
Released on 31 January 2023
PFIZER ‘NON-PROFIT’ ANNOUNCEMENT: “PR SPIN” FROM A COMPANY WITH “NO RIGHT TO PLAY GOD”
Released on 18 January 2023
REACTION: BIONTECH AND GERMAN GOVERNMENT ASKED TWITTER TO CENSOR VACCINE EQUITY CRITICS, EMAILS REVEAL
Released on 16 January 2023
MODERNA VACCINE PRICE HIKE WOULD BE 4,000% MARK-UP ABOVE COST
Released on 10 January 2023
UK MRNA CANCER VACCINE TRIAL: GOVERNMENT MUST INSIST ON AFFORDABLE ACCESS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Released on 6 January 2023
2022
DON’T DELAY ACTION ON COVID TESTS AND MEDICINES, 160+ CAMPAIGNERS TELL WTO
Released on 14 December 2022
LOWER-INCOME COUNTRIES PROPOSE WTO TEXT TO ENSURE ACCESS TO COVID TREATMENTS AND TESTS
Released on 8 December 2022
PATHETIC FOR THE US TO KICK WTO COVID TEST AND TREATMENT DEAL INTO THE LONG GRASS, CAMPAIGNERS SAY
Released on 6 December 2022
JUST A QUARTER OF PFIZER’S COVID-19 TREATMENT ORDERS WILL GO TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Released on 21 November 2022
PANDEMIC TREATY TEXT SHOWS NEGOTIATIONS “AT A CROSSROAD” CAMPAIGNERS SAY
Released on 18 November 2022
AUTUMN STATEMENT REACTION: AFTER CEMENTING AID CUTS, UK CAN CLAW BACK TATTERED INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION WITH ACTION ON COVID MEDICINES
Released on 17 November 2022
G20 URGED TO “FACE UP” TO GLOBAL COVID-19 CHALLENGES, AS RICH COUNTRIES STILL MONOPOLISE VACCINE SUPPLY
Released on 16 November 2022
G20 COMMUNIQUE REACTION: “TALK IS CHEAP” ON GLOBAL COVID-19 RESPONSE
Released on 16 November 2022
BIG PHARMA MAKING A POWER GRAB FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC, CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS WARN
Released on 18 October 2022
GLOBAL COVID-19 RESPONSE ABANDONED PEOPLE IN LOWER-INCOME COUNTRIES, REPORT FINDS
Released on 26 August 2022
MODERNA OMICRON VACCINE: RICHEST COUNTRIES HOARDING VACCINES AGAIN, CAMPAIGNERS SAY
Released on 15 August 2022
MODERNA Q2 EARNINGS: PANDEMIC HAS BEEN A “LUCRATIVE SMASH AND GRAB OPERATION”, CAMPAIGNERS SAY
Released on 3 August 2022
STATEMENT ON A WHO CONVENTION, AGREEMENT OR OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT ON PANDEMIC PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Released on 18 July 2022
MAJOR HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS WELCOME UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON ACCESS TO MEDICINES
Released on 11 July 2022
G7 REACTION: PLATITUDES ON COVID-19 EQUITY RING HOLLOW, CAMPAIGNERS SAY
Released on 28 June 2022
G7 VACCINES FAILURES CONTRIBUTE TO 600,000 PREVENTABLE DEATHS
Released on 25 June 2022
WTO VACCINE DEAL: “A TECHNOCRATIC FUDGE AIMED AT SAVING REPUTATIONS, NOT LIVES” SAY CAMPAIGNERS
Released on 17 June 2022
WTO MUST NOT “MAKE A BAD SITUATION WORSE” WITH VACCINE IP DEAL
Released on 10 June 2022
WTO COVID NEGOTIATIONS COULD REVERSE PRECEDENT THAT PUBLIC HEALTH COMES BEFORE IP, EXPERTS WARN
Released on 9 June 2022
RESPONSE TO WTO TRIPS WAIVER ‘OUTCOME’
Released on 3 May 2022
GLOBAL ACTIVISTS MOBILIZE FOR A PEOPLE’S VACCINE DURING PHARMA AGMS
Released on 28 April 2022
130+ LEADING VOICES CALL FOR AN END TO VACCINE MONOPOLIES AFTER TWO YEARS OF PANDEMIC
Released on 11 March 2022
COVID-19 DEATH TOLL FOUR TIMES HIGHER IN LOWER-INCOME COUNTRIES THAN RICH ONES
Released on 3 March 2022
EU SET TO BIN 25 MILLION MORE VACCINE DOSES THAN IT HAS DONATED TO AFRICA THIS YEAR
Released on 16 February 2022
2021
RICH COUNTRIES HAVE RECEIVED MORE VACCINES IN RUN-UP TO CHRISTMAS THAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES HAVE ALL YEAR
Released on 24 December 2021
FAILURE TO VACCINATE THE WORLD CREATED PERFECT BREEDING GROUND FOR OMICRON, SAY CAMPAIGNERS
Released on 6 December 2021
PFIZER, BIONTECH AND MODERNA MAKING $1,000 PROFIT EVERY SECOND WHILE WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES REMAIN LARGELY UNVACCINATED
Released on 6 November 2021
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND RICH NATIONS DELIVERING JUST ONE IN SEVEN OF THE DOSES PROMISED FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Released on 21 October 2021
VACCINE MONOPOLIES MAKE COST OF VACCINATING THE WORLD AGAINST COVID AT LEAST 5 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT COULD BE
Released on 29 July 2021
COVID VACCINES CREATE 9 NEW BILLIONAIRES WITH COMBINED WEALTH GREATER THAN COST OF VACCINATING WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES
Released on 20 May 2021
TWO-THIRDS OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WARN MUTATIONS COULD RENDER CURRENT COVID VACCINES INEFFECTIVE IN A YEAR OR LESS
Released on 30 March 2021
RICH NATIONS VACCINATING ONE PERSON EVERY SECOND WHILE MAJORITY OF THE POOREST NATIONS ARE YET TO GIVE A SINGLE DOSE
Released on 10 March 2021
MONOPOLIES CAUSING “ARTIFICIAL RATIONING” IN COVID-19 CRISIS AS 3 BIGGEST GLOBAL VACCINE GIANTS SIT ON SIDELINES
Released on 5 February 2021
2020
CAMPAIGNERS WARN THAT 9 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE IN POOR COUNTRIES ARE SET TO MISS OUT ON COVID-19 VACCINE NEXT YEAR
Released on 9 December 2020
MORE THAN 140 WORLD LEADERS, EXPERTS AND ELDERS HAVE MADE AN UNPRECEDENTED CALL FOR GUARANTEES THAT COVID-19 VACCINES, DIAGNOSTICS, TESTS AND TREATMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE
Released on 14 May 2020