Time to make societal needs priority in drug development

AS researchers around the world rush to develop new diagnostics and treatments for Covid-19, we must not forget that such cooperation is an exception to the rule.

Any Covid-19 vaccine needs to be available to all and not allowed to be the exclusive property of private pharmaceutical firm, write Joseph Stiglitz, Arjun Jayadev, and Achal Prabhala

A health worker wearing a protective suit is disinfected inside a portable tent outside the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center in Manila yesterday. Picture: Aaron Favila/AP