While Americans debate getting a swine flu shot the drug companies have got it all figured it out: vaccines are good for business!
U.S. Pharmaceutical companies have already sold $1.5 billion of swine-flu shots. Plus they’ve banked $1 billion for seasonal flu that they already sold earlier in the year. These shots are part of a much bigger and quickly growing $20 billion world-wide vaccine market.
Bruce Carlson says, “The vaccine market is booming!” Carlson is a spokesperson at Kalorama, a Mkt Research company that publishes the annual survey of the vaccine industry. “It’s an enormous growth area for pharmaceuticals at a time when other areas are not doing so well,” he says, adding that the pipeline for more traditional blockbuster money-makers like Lipitor and Nexium has diminished.
It’s a great business to be in as with any vaccine for big business concepts labeled ‘pandemics’, taxpayers are the ones who cut the $1.5 billion check while it’s the government who puts in the order for the 250 million swine-flu vaccines and that’s just what they’ve convinced them to order so far. Of course we’re sold the idea that these will be distributed FREE to doctors, pharmacies and schools. And Congress has also put a side over $10 billion for researching flu viruses, monitoring H1N1′s progress and “educating” the public about prevention – aka propoganda insure we all get the FREE shot which of course we already paid for in our taxes!
Who’s cashing in? Well the drug makers will pocket almost all of the revenues from the flu vaccine. Specifically, Sanofi-Pasteur, Glaxo Smith Kline and Novartis have the greaest share of the market.
Keep in mind it is not just drug-makers who profit. Doctors are collecting ‘co-payments’ for the ‘special office visit’ required to inject shots. Yes, your doctor actually profits nicely from these vaccinations.
Source – mercola.com
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