Brandon El
Sept. 17, 2010
Vaccines and drugs are made and distributed to people to either prevent or cure a disease or sickness that may or has come in contact with you. Cost of testing these drugs and vaccines then placing them on the market in poorer nations are high and almost half the time it is not affordable by the individuals that reside there. A study was done by Rahim Rezaie, from the University of Toronto, Canada, about South Africa, India, Brazil and China. In it he observed 78 small biotech companies that made vaccines. 69 different vaccinations were brought to the market for distribution to other countries and 54 for their nations consumption. Even with the vaccines that were left for their use only, many individuals in these nations still could not afford much treatment and now there's a good chance that market forces will push these small companies to make vaccines solely for the richer nations. The lack of money being generated in their own nation is forcing these smaller companies to partner with larger pharmaceutical companies to cover cost.
My reaction to this story is disbelief. I understand the money factor can a lot of the times be a problem but this is outrageous. what are the poorer nations supposed to do then? If all the vaccines and medicine is giving to nothing but rich nations there will be a large rise in deaths in those nations. Now don't get me wrong if that means we would get more medicines then prices would more than likely come down and be much more available to me be a richer nation but i wouldn't want that to happen under those circumstances what so ever.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19442-richworld-diseases-could-hijack-poor-worlds-biotech.html
1 comment:
Yes, it is sad that some people can’t afford it. But under no circumstances should the vaccines should be given to them because how is that fair to those that can afford it. People continue to argue that poor people go through a harsh life, but it’s beginning to look better for them, and not so great for those who worked their butt of to get where they are today. The government continues to give, give, give, so people are beginning to expect instead of work.
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