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Donkees

(32,398 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2020, 06:34 PM Mar 2020

Sanders Calls on Trump to Rescind Pharma Giveaway of Potential Coronavirus Treatment

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Sanders Calls on Trump to Rescind Pharma Giveaway of Potential Coronavirus Treatment (Original Post) Donkees Mar 2020 OP

Not the first time for Gilead TheRickles Mar 2020 #1

TheRickles

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1. Not the first time for Gilead

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Tue Mar 24, 2020, 07:35 PM

Mar 2020

Gilead Pharmaceuticals got a similar boost to sell Tamiflu as the government-approved treatment of choice for bird flu back about 15 years ago, even though there was an equally effective generic medicine available as well. At that time, the Chairman of the Board of Directors was none other than Donald Rumsfeld, so it was a pretty blatant example of corruption. Not sure who's on their Board now, but I'll bet a lot of names would be familiar.

Hopefully others will follow Bernie's lead on this one.

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