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    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 6 13:41:32 2023
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    https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-pharma-company-stalled- tuberculosis-vaccine-to-pursue-bigger-profits? utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

    Tuberculosis kills 1.6 million people per year, and for years
    pharmaceutical giant GSK has had an experimental vaccine that, in
    trials, prevented half of those infected from getting sick, the most
    successful TB vaccine ever. That was funded by all sorts of government
    and nonprofit money that uses a GSK-patented adjuvant, which was also
    produced thanks to government investment. It has not been released,
    because instead of investing money in developing vaccines that could
    save millions of lives in the developing world, GSK instead put all
    its resources into a shingles treatment for the rich American market
    where the people who tend to get it — seniors — have government
    insurance. That shingles vaccine, Shingrix, has made them $14 billion
    since 2018. Even though GSK appears to have no interest in bringing
    that TB shot to market, they still control the adjuvant, so they were
    able to keep everyone else from developing a life- saving shot. At
    this point, a vaccine trial funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates
    Medical Research Institute isn’t expected to end before 2028.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.gmail.invalid on Fri Oct 6 10:54:34 2023
    On Fri, 6 Oct 2023 13:41:32 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <fungus@amongus.gmail.invalid> wrote:

    GSK instead put all its resources into a shingles treatment
    for the rich American market where the people who tend
    to get it -- seniors -- have government insurance.

    RE: government insurance.

    Medicare's Part A and Part B don't cover shingles vaccinations
    ....A prescription drug plan, such as Medicare Part D bought as an
    add-on to original Medicare or that is part of a Medicare Advantage
    plan that provides drug coverage, will pay for the shingles vaccine. https://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-qa-tool/does-medicare-cover-shingles-shot.html

    What percentage of people with Medicare have Part D?

    62 percent were enrolled in Part A or Part B, and the rest (37
    percent) were in Medicare Advantage (Part C). 74 percent were enrolled
    in Part D drug coverage, 13 percent had private drug coverage, and
    nearly 9 percent had no drug coverage.Mar 1, 2022 https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/f81aafbba0b331c71c6e8bc66512e25d/medicare-beneficiary-enrollment-ib.pdf

    RE: a shingles treatment for the rich American market

    Market...not people....and people pay for Part D plans

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