Ezigbo onye ode akwụkwọ.
Ekele maka nkwekọrịta gị na ụlọ ọrụ Bayer nke Germany na nso nso a. Akwụkwọ akụkọ ndị ahụ niile dị ka ihe na-atọ ụtọ. Ị nwetara Bayer inye gị ọnụ ahịa mbelata na ọgwụ mgbochi anthrax ha a ma ama, Cipro.
Bayer ekwenyela ire nchịkwa gọọmentị 100 nde mbadamba na cents 95 otu ibe, kama $4.67 ha na-emebu kwa pill. Congress ga na-akwụ Bayer $95 nde, kama ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ọkara ijeri dollar. Nke ahụ mara mma!
Enwere m otu ajụjụ. Ọ bụ maka India. N'October 19, gọọmenti India kwere nkwa inye United States Cipro ọnụ ahịa nde $1 dị ka onyinye iji nyere anyị aka n'ụjọ anthrax. Nke ahụ ga-azụta ihe dị ka mbadamba 10 nde na India, ebe Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals na-ere ụdị ọgwụ nje ha maka ihe dịka cents iri otu pill. Mbadamba nkume nde iri nwere ike ịgwọ ihe karịrị mmadụ 10 kpamkpam n'efu! Nke ahụ ọ́ gaghị enye aka?
Enyemaka gọọmentị India enwetaghị nlebara anya mgbasa ozi n'agbanyeghị na ọ na-aga n'ọtụtụ waya akụkọ, mana ana m arịọ gị ka ị lelee Mịnịsta Mpụga nke India Jaswant Singh wee buru ya na onyinye ya n'aha anyị.
See hụrụ, n'okpuru nkwekọrịta gị, Bayer belatara ọnụ ahịa Cipro maka gọọmentị, mana o bepụbeghị ọnụ ahịa maka anyị - ụmụ amaala nkeonwe nwere ike ịzụta ụfọdụ n'okporo ụzọ.
Amaara m, amaara m, ọ dịghị onye kwesịrị ịdị na-ewere Cipro - ma ọ bụ ciprofloxacin, dị ka a na-akpọ ya mgbe Bayer adịghị eme ya - ọ gwụla ma ha nwere ezigbo ihe mere ha ga-eji kwere na ọ ga-abụ na ekpughere ha. Mana ị kwuru na United States chọrọ ọgwụ zuru oke iji gwọọ ihe dị ka nde mmadụ 10 ma ọ bụrụ na iyi egwu ahụ akawanye njọ - na ikekwe ọ naghị agụta ndị mmadụ, dị ka gọvanọ New York, onye na-ewere ya n'ụzọ na-ezighi ezi “ka ijide n'aka.”
Usoro ọgwụgwọ a na-emebu chọrọ 120 ọgwụ kwa onye; nke ahụ bụ 1.2 ijeri ọgwụ. Nke ahụ bụ ọtụtụ Cipro, ma amabeghị ma Bayer nwere ike mepụta nke ahụ n'ime obere oge. N'ezie, ọ dị ka ị na-ahụ maka ụkọ, ma ọ bụrụ na nzaghachi gọọmentị na nso nso a maka ihe omume bụ ihe ngosi ọ bụla.
Mgbe ndị ọrụ nzi ozi abụọ ahụ nwụrụ n'ihi anthrax mgbe ha mechachara akwụkwọ ozi Senator Daschle, ọtụtụ ndị ọrụ gọọmenti nwere ezi ihe mere ha ga-eji tụọ egwu. Amaara m na e nwere ọgwụ dị iche iche a na-eji agwọ ụdị ọrịa anthrax ụfọdụ, mana gọọmenti ahọrọla Cipro inye ndị ọrụ nzi ozi ma nye ụfọdụ n’efu. Dịrị gị mma.
Anyị ka nwere ntakịrị nchegbu. E nyere ndị ọrụ nzipu ozi na Washington naanị ụbọchị iri nke Cipro. Enyere ndị ọrụ ibe gị na Capitol Hill nri ụbọchị iri isii. Ọ bụ n'ihi na enwere ụkọ Cipro, Mr. Secretary? Ọ bụrụ na Cipro bụ ọgwụ ị chere na ọ kacha mma n'ọnọdụ ndị a, ọ gaghị adị mma ịnweta ọkọnọ dị ọnụ ala - yana ọtụtụ ọgwụ n'efu - maka ndị nọ n'ihe ize ndụ, ka onye ọ bụla chọrọ ya wee nweta otu ihe ahụ. -ụkpụrụ ọkọlọtọ akwadoro?
Ọ bụrụ na anyị zụtara ọgwụ ndị ahụ n'India, anyị ga-akwụ naanị $20 iji gwọọ onye nwere ọgwụgwọ ciprofloxacin zuru oke. Gọọmentị nwere ike nweta otu ọnụọgụ ọgwụ ha na-enweta site na Bayer n'otu ụzọ n'ụzọ iri nke ọnụahịa, ma nwee ike resịkwa ụmụ amaala ga-akwụ ụgwọ okpukpu iri abụọ na asatọ. Ndị ọchịchị Bush na-agwa anyị mgbe niile na gọọmentị kwesịrị ịdị nro, na mmefu ego obodo anyị na-agba ọbara ink uhie na mberede. Ịchekwa ego dị ka ndị a enweghị ezi uche?
E wezụga nke ahụ, Maazị Thompson, site n'ihe ị kwuru n'oge gara aga gbasara ọdịmma, ama m na ị bụ onye kwere ekwe na asọmpi na ahịa efu. Ị kwuru na ụmụ nwanyị ndị na-enweta ọdịmma na steeti gị nke Wisconsin na-adị nro n'ihi nnukwu enyemaka gọọmentị.
Bayer nwere patent na Cipro ruo 2003 - ọgwụ, site n'ụzọ nke sitere na FDA site na ọmụmụ gọọmentị na nkwado ndị agha - na patent ahụ na-echebe ikike ha na ahịa US. Mana na ọnọdụ mberede a, echere m na Bayer kwesịrị ịsọ mpi - dịka ụmụ nwanyị Wisconsin ndị ahụ kwesịrị! - Ọbụlagodi na ụlọ ọrụ dị na India, ndị nwere ike imepụta otu ngwaahịa ahụ ọnụ ala karịa, wee nweta ya ngwa ngwa.
Anyị na-atụ egwu nke ukwuu ebe a, Mr. Secretary, na anyị na-eche nnọọ banyere ichebe ndị mmadụ karịa ụlọ ọrụ patent ugbu a. Ị bụghị?
Laura Flanders is the host of Working Assets Radio heard Monday-Friday on KALW (91.7 fm) in the Bay Area, and author of “Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting.” Her Spin Doctor Laura columns appear daily on http://www.workingforchange.com. You can contact her at [email protected]
Maka ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ọgwụgwọ Anthrax, lelee ihu South, ọrụ email ndenye aha sitere na Institute for Southern Studies (ndị na-ebipụta akwụkwọ akụkọ Southern Exposure.)
* Cost of a 60-day supply in the U.S. of the anthrax-fighting antibiotic Cipro, patented by Bayer: $700
* Cost of a generic alternative, not available in the U.S. due to Bayer’s patent: $20
* Amount of profits made by U.S. pharmaceutical industry last year, in billions: $27
* Amount that U.S. consumers would save if imports of generic alternatives of all drugs were allowed in the U.S., in billions: $30
* Amount that George Bush is willing to reduce costs of Cipro by over-riding the Bayer monopoly, as the government of Canada did last month: 0
* Amount that Georgie Porgie Bush received from the pharmaceutical industry for his presidential campaign: $472,333
* Number of former drug company executives in Bush’s cabinet: 2
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