Urgent Letter to President Biden:

We all want to see the end of the pandemic. President Biden’s half-measures and delayed action are prolonging the pandemic and to the delight of pharmaceutical corporations clinging to their monopoly patents. Dozens of international organizations have signed on to this open letter. Call the White House, send a letter, or at the very least, tweet at the President to end vaccine apartheid.

Governments have invested billions of tax-payer funds into the research and development of diagnostic tools, treatments, and vaccines for COVID-19. What the public paid for should be a public good, to benefit us all. Now, pharmaceutical corporations are demanding that we pay again. Our campaign is working on several fronts to make sure that COVID-19 vaccines and treatments are available to everyone, everywhere.

Universities

Universities that have worked to develop COVID-19 innovation, technology, and know-how should share it with the world. We call on universities to join the WHO’s COVID Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and sign the Open Covid Pledge to increase production and drive a quicker end to this pandemic for everyone, everywhere.

Publicly-funded institutions

Governments and public research institutions should support policies and demonstrate leadership to ensure enough vaccines are manufactured to meet the needs of people everywhere. We want our governments to support international law and pass national legislation that puts people before the profits of pharmaceutical companies.

Public education

We want the public to have a good understanding of publicly-funded medicines, the role of the public in the research and development process, and why sharing intellectual property is the key to ending the pandemic worldwide. Through increasing public understanding of the research and development process and making sure that media reports accurately on pharmaceuticals and the pandemic, we can change the public conversation about not just vaccines but medicines, overall!

Activists from across the globe are planning and implementing strategic, creative actions to demand that COVID-19 diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines are available to all for free at the point-of-delivery.