The Pharmaceutical Industry Has

“Special” Interest in Diseases

Olga Fomicheva

English 1100

Nina Johnson

Vaccination OVER TIME

1940 1989 20140

10

20

30

40

50

60VaccineDoses

© http://www.pediatria.com.ua/2009-11-19-16-16-30/200.html

21st Century Pandemics

• 2002 – Atypical Pneumonia • 2005 – Bird Flu• 2009 – Swine Flu

© World Health Organization. World Health Statistics.

Big Pharma

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Is the pharmaceutical industry interested in saving

lives, or making profits?

Is the industry interested in cures?

Pandemic: Definitions

“- an infection which arises in a specific GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, spreads widely, and a

high number of individuals are infected.”

May 2009“- an epidemic occurring WORLDWIDE or over a very

wide area, CROSSING international BOUNDARIES and usually affecting large

numbers of people.”

© World Health Organization. Pandemic.

Swine Flu,

2010

Flu,

annually

13,554 500,000

Pandemic vs. FLU

© Trufanov, Andrey. Pandemic and Bioterrorism.

Fear

© http://www.griefrecoverykit.com/2011/11/dealing-with-fear-after-loss

Europe US China0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

3037

80

Numbers of vaccinated people in 2009, mln

© Samir V. Sodha. “Global Routine Vaccination Coverage, 2011.”Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

To vaccinate

Let’s calculate

$12 x 1,470,000 = $1,764,000,000

$1,764,000,000 - 3 regions

40 countries

© Valdespino-Gomez L. Jose. “Vaccines against Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic.”Archives of Medical Research 40.

Novartis AG

© Novartis AG. 2009 Financial Report.

To vaccinate

Pfizer

To buy

© Pfizer. 2003 Financial Report.

More than

10,000 drugs

200 recommended

© World Health Organization.

No diseases no sales

The Market cap of the Major Industries

Oil & Gas Banking Pharmaceutical IT Gold 0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000billion USD

© Casey Research 2013.

Bioterror?

Bio-error?

Man-made?

Virus

Fear

Vaccines

Variety of Drugs

Side-Effects

Pandemics

Profit

Big Pharma

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