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Here are 2 fundamental problems with the existing medical system;
1) the public directly fund the majority of medical research but outsource control of the studies, and ownership of the outputs;
https://www.tni.org/en/podcast/why-we-need-to-break-big-pharmas-power-before-the-next-pandemic-hits
2) companies selling medical products are allowed to conduct their own studies on safety and efficacy in private. So they can cherry-pick which ones to publish, based on what makes their products look good, and bury the rest.
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Transnational InstituteWhy we need to break Big Pharma's Power before the next Pandemic hits | Transnational InstituteHow is it that drug companies can make huge profits from vaccines while people in the global South die from lack of access to medical care? How does the global regime of intellectual property rights enable this inequality? And what is the role of Bill Gates in defending this system?