CV and mad panic behaviour

[ElwoodBlues1]

Nice summary [member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member]‍

I think AZ have been very tactical, a COVID vaccine might not even be part of their long term plan, as they got a bunch of governments to fund the setup of local vaccine manufacture based on their technologies. But that requires patents and contracts to defend which is expensive.

Pfizer have gone for more immediate gains, with closed proprietary techniques some of which is commercial in confidence.

I'm not sure which tactic is wiser long term.

Pfizer paid out 2.3 billion in a legal case over false marketing of one of their products in 2003 and have had a  string of legal cases against them. They must have a legal dept as big as their research area as they always seem to be involved in some dubious actions. I'm sure they will stop at nothing to make sure they are the Government preferred subsidized supplier of Booster Vaccines in as many countries as they can, this is big business after the pandemic is under control, not often when a Big Pharma company can have everyone essentially forced to have their product twice a year or pay triple for the alternative.