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Oct 2021
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Sick Money (Pt 2): How Big Pharma made a...

THE TIMES
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The second of two episodes this week, taking a deep dive into the pharmaceutical industry.

Big drug companies have won plaudits for their work producing Covid vaccines within a year of the start of the pandemic. How much money are they making from them? And why are vaccines for other emerging diseases not being produced?

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Guest: Billy Kenber, investigations reporter, The Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

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