Eight existing billionaires with big stakes in the pharma companies behind the COVID-19 vaccines have seen their combined wealth increase by a staggering $32.2 billion, the research found. Anne Marriott, Oxfam's health policy manager, said the pharma companies and the execs behind them have taken the monopoly on the COVID-19 vaccine. Shares in pharma companies responsible for developing the vaccines skyrocketed as they gained authorization for use in nations across the world. A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Rhode Island. Instead, he said the company will provide two billion vaccine doses to low- and middle-income countries over the next 18 months.

Source: Daily Mail May 21, 2021 21:47 UTC