A study of nearly 100,000 coronavirus patients has shown no benefit from the antiviral drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, and even an increased likelihood of dying in hospital.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working on treatments for the coronavirus with Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, and other large multinational drug companies.

The pharma industry has been accused of blackmailing a former Dutch government healthcare minister by threatening that some drugs would not be delivered to the Netherlands if a planned legislative change went through.

Pharmaceutical industry CEOs are demanding billions of dollars from governments in upfront funding for the development of coronavirus treatments and vaccines.

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