The Vatican Just Called For Reforming The Biggest Health Care Problem You’ve Never Heard Of
The Vatican took on “Big Pharma” last week, asking the international
community to reform laws that allow drug companies to blindly pursue
profits while keeping life-saving drugs out of the hands of poor people. According to Vatican Radio,
last Wednesday Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, the Permanent Observer of
the Holy See to the United Nations, spoke at a UN Forum dedicated to
making medicines more affordable and accessible for people in poorer
nations. In his address, Tomasi argued that there are many obstacles
that keep poor people from purchasing drugs, but called out one issue as
particularly devastating: the abuse of intellectual property laws by
pharmaceutical companies.
