How should Drug Companies handle the coronavirus pandemic pharmaceutical firms rushing to find a vaccine could potentially make billions of dollars. What was be done to ensure they dont put profit before saving lives this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im Maryanne Demasi scientists around the world on our racing to find a vaccine and a cure for the coronavirus governments are pledging millions of dollars of taxpayers money for research in both public and private funds the Global Vaccine Market is estimated to be worth nearly 60000000000. 00 annually pharmaceutical companies have been criticized in the past for being too slow in combating diseases like saws and it botha and charging high prices for new drug treatments the president of the European Commission hopes of vaccine will be available vote later this year. In addition we are accelerating research yesterday i spoke to the managers of an innovative European Research company they work on a Promising Technology to
Thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International Partners. The Bipartisan Legislation within the state department is now the law and to get it up and going we will hear more about that today but we are pleased that we are making progress. They lead, synchronize
Is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. How should Drug Companies handle the coronavirus pandemic pharmaceutical firms rushing to find a vaccine could potentially make billions of dollars. What was be done to ensure they dont put profit before saving lives this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im Maryanne Demasi scientists around the world on our racing to find a vaccine and a cure for the corona virus governments are pledging millions of dollars of taxpayers money for research in both public and private funds the Global Vaccine Market is estimated to be worth nearly 60000000000. 00 annually pharmaceutical companies have been criticized in the past for being too slow in combating diseases like saws and it botha and charging high prices for a new drug treatments the president of the European Commission hopes of vaccine will be available vote later this year. In addition we are accelerating research yesterday i spoke to the managers of an
[inaudible conversations] thank you very much for being here and i particularly want to thank chairman barrasso because he allowed us to have the subcommittee hearing and for me to chai chair if this is a discn thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International P
Thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International Partners. The Bipartisan Legislation within the state department is now the law and to get it up and going we will hear more about that today but we are pleased that we are making progress. They lead, synchronize