In 2011, the US Federal government awarded 6 pharmaceutical corporations over $5.7 Billion to manufacture vaccines children’s vaccines alone.

. . . . Rob Evans and Sarah Boseley guardian.co.uk 04/11/2010 The pharmaceutical firms Novartis and Roche have threatened to pull out of Britain and relocate thousands of jobs abroad, in an ongoing row over pricing for the NHS and rules surrounding safety trials. The Swiss drug companies made their threats known in personal meetings…

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Source: AFP BASEL, Switzerland — The head of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis on Tuesday warned that governments now trying to cancel swine flu vaccine contracts might not be dealt with so swiftly in the next pandemic. Chairman and chief executive Daniel Vasella said those that had been reliable partners would be favoured. “The same governments…

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Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis on Monday denied that it faced hurdles in gaining regulatory approval in Switzerland for one of its swine flu vaccines because of possible bacterial contamination.

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