Ongororo dzemazuva achangopfuura dzinoratidza kuti vanhu vekuAmerica vanoona indasitiri yemishonga iine mwero wekuzvidza seBig Fodya. Kuenzanisa uku, pakati peboka repasi rose rezvinodhaka zvinoponesa upenyu neboka refodya inouraya, kwakachenjera zvinoshamisa: Vose imhondi.
Big Pharma nemaune yakarambidza kuwana mishonga inoponesa upenyu kuvanhu venyika dzine urombo dzakaparadzwa neAIDS sezvo mamiriyoni aifa, kuitira kuti varambe vaine magwaro anovimbisa purofiti yepamusoro-soro pamishonga yavo yeAIDS.
Muna 2001, sangano reWorld Trade Organisation rakapa mutongo wekubvumira nyika dzine urombo kuti dzigadzire mishonga yadzo yeAIDS isingadhuri, ichideredza mutengo kubva papamusoro se$12,000 150 pagore kusvika pamadhora zana nemakumi mashanu. Asi zvikamu makumi mapfumbamwe nezvishanu kubva muzana zvemamiriyoni matanhatu evarwere veAIDS munyika dzine urombo havasati vawana mukana wekurapwa nemishonga yemaAntiretroviral nekuti US inoramba ichivharira mari yekutenga mishonga yegeneric pachinzvimbo cheBig Pharma.
IU.S. inoramba kubvumidza mari yayo yeAIDS kubhadhara mishonga isina kubvumidzwa zviri pachena neU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). MuAfrica, semuenzaniso, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) inoda kuti mishonga yainopa nemari igadzirwe yotumirwa kubva kuUnited States.
Muna 2003, vanhu vanenge mamiriyoni matatu vakafa neAIDS, vazhinji vacho vachibva kumaodzanyemba kweSahara muAfrica. Chinenge chikamu chimwe muzvina chevanhu vemuZimbabwe vane HIV-neavhareji yemakore ekurarama kubva pamakore makumi mashanu nemanomwe muna 3 kusvika pamakore makumi matatu nemana muna 57.
Indasitiri yemishonga yanga yakabatikanawo kumba, ichishandisa mari isingaenzaniswi madhora zana nemakumi mapfumbamwe nemazana masere emadhora kuti vaone kuti bhenefiti yeMedicare yakapfuudzwa neCongress mukupera kwa109 inorambidza Medicare kutaurirana nemakambani ezvinodhaka nemitengo yakaderera pachinzvimbo chevachembera vanobatsirwa.
Nguva pfupi yadarika, muzinda wezvemishonga wakaita kuti Congress irambidze kupinzwa zvakare kwemishonga yemishonga muUS nemitengo yakachipa, zvichimanikidza vakuru vasina inishuwarenzi uye vakashushikana kuti vabhadhare mitengo yakapetwa kaviri iyo inotengwa kubva kuCanada.
VaBush manejimendi veFDA, Lester Crawford, vakatoti kurambidzwa kwacho kwakakosha mukuchengetedzwa kwenyika, vachiudza Associated Press kuti "kutaura kubva mukutaura" ndiko kwakonzeresa kushushikana nekurwiswa kwechikafu kana zvinodhaka nemagandanga - pamwe kubva kune dzimwe nyika. zvinodhaka.
Kuti ivandudze chimiro chayo, Pfizer, kambani huru yezvinodhaka pasi rose, yakatanga chirongwa chitsva- chine zita rinotyisa "Pfizerรขโฌโขs Pfriends" - ichivimbisa kupa vanhu vekuAmerica vasina kuchengetedzwa mitengo yemitengo pamishonga inonyorerwa nachiremba. Asi mamirioni makumi mana nematatu vekuAmerica vasina kuchengetedzwa havafanirwe kutarisira zororo rechokwadi, sezvo vasina inishuwarenzi vava kubhadhara mitengo yakakwira kupfuura avo vane inishuwarenzi yezvose zviri zviviri mishonga yekurapa uye kurapwa.
sezvo Financial Times akataura nezvePfizer's Pfriends, "Zvakangofanana nezvitoro zvedhipatimendi: vanotanga vakwidza mitengo, vobva vadzidonhedza voidaidza kuti "kutengesa." John Kerry akaita hutano hwepamusoro hwemushandirapamwe wake. rhetoric, vachizivisa, "Vakuru vari kucheka mapiritsi avo nepakati, uye tinoudzwa zvakanakisa zvatinokwanisa kuvaitira ibhiri reMedicare rakazara nemarara uye zvipo kumakambani ezvinodhaka."
Asi Kerry akange asipo kuti avhotera kana kupokana neMedicare bhiri gore rapfuura. Uye nepo indasitiri yemishonga yakajekesa zvayaida kune imwe nguva yeBush, vatsigiri vakuru vaKerry vanobva kumabhanga neindasitiri yezvemari, Goldman Sachs ari pamusoro pemurwi-vasingatombo tsigire shanduko yehutano.
Makambani makuru emishonga, chokwadi, akagadzirira kubheja pakutonga kwaKerry, sezvakaratidzwa kuDemocratic National Convention muBoston mwedzi wapera- uko Howard Dean akatamba husiku hwese papati yemafaro yakaitwa naJohnson & Johnson naZiggy Marley. yakaitwa pa$600,000 yepamhenderekedzo yepamhenderekedzo yegungwa paNew England Aquarium, yakabhadharwa nemakambani makuru makumi maviri, kusanganisira mafemu emishonga nefodya.
Mafemu emishonga yeMerck neNovartis, imwe neimwe yakapa mari inodarika mazana mashanu emadhora kudare reDemocratic Convention. Makambani emishonga anogona kuzorora aine chokwadi chekuti, ani nani anohwina muna Mbudzi, mibairo yavo-inogara iri kumusoro kana padyo nepamusoro peFortune 500,000-icharamba iri tsvene, sezvavakaita kwemakore makumi maviri nemashanu apfuura.
Sezvo varatidziri vakaimba pamusangano weInternational AIDS Conference muThailand mwedzi wapera, โVarwere, kwete Patentsโ โ pundutso yekambani ndiyo iri pakati pedambudziko rehutano.
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