{"id":16709,"date":"2020-08-25T08:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T12:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16709"},"modified":"2020-08-25T08:43:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T12:43:35","slug":"rather-than-give-away-its-covid-vaccine-oxford-makes-a-deal-with-drugmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16709","title":{"rendered":"Rather Than Give Away Its COVID Vaccine, Oxford Makes a Deal With Drugmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

In a business driven by profit, vaccines have a problem. They\u2019re not very profitable \u2014 at least not without government subsidies. Pharma companies favor expensive medicines that must be taken repeatedly and generate revenue for years or decades. Vaccines are often given only once or twice. In many parts of the world, established vaccines cost a few dollars per dose or less.\u00a0 Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n

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