Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Johnson & Johnson: you’re on notice.

Tell Johnson & Johnson: no pandemic profiteering!

Tell Congress:

"Ensure that all treatments and vaccines are accessible to every American! Neither Johnson & Johnson, nor any other Big Pharma behemoth, must be allowed to price gouge any newly developed tools to combat the coronavirus."

Johnson & Johnson is best known for their baby shampoo. But that "No more tears" shampoo is just the face of a sprawling pharmaceutical empire with a history of profiteering1 and lying to the public.2,3,4

Johnson & Johnson is in trials for a coronavirus vaccine--but their history means Congress must take proactive steps to ensure that the vaccine will be available to everyone, not just the rich!

Any treatments or vaccines developed to fight the coronavirus must be available to everyone. Period.

SIGN NOW: Don't let Johnson & Johnson price gouge coronavirus treatments!

We already know Donald Trump's Health & Human Services Secretary, a former Big Pharma executive, told Congress that he's more interested in ensuring that a COVID-19 vaccine will protect corporate profits, not the American people.5

This pandemic has revealed that public health is a public good. In a pandemic where any pockets of outbreak can affect everyone, allowing some people to fall through the cracks, simply because they can't afford their treatments, would be a disaster.

When new treatments are available, this pattern must not continue. Neither Johnson & Johnson, nor any other Big Pharma behemoth, must be allowed to price gouge any newly developed tools to combat the coronavirus.

Tell Congress: Any coronavirus vaccine must be available to every American!

Thanks,

Alex Lawson
Drug Prices Are Too High

1 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-johnson-johnson-drugpricing-idUSKCN1P42VY
2 https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/10/09/johnson-johnson-8-billion-over-risperdal-gynecomastia-case/3916878002/
3https://archive.thinkprogress.org/johnson-johnson-knew-about-carcinogens-in-baby-powder-for-decades-reuters-709f72577869/
4 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/26/johnson-and-johnson-opioid-crisis-ruling-responsibility-oklahoma-latest
5 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/27/outrage-hhs-chief-azar-refuses-vow-coronavirus-vaccine-will-be-affordable-all-not
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