{"id":1583,"date":"2007-07-09T09:25:24","date_gmt":"2007-07-09T14:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/lay-it-down\/"},"modified":"2007-07-09T09:25:24","modified_gmt":"2007-07-09T14:25:24","slug":"lay-it-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/lay-it-down","title":{"rendered":"Lay it down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s WSJ<\/em> has an interview with GlaxoSmithKline CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier<\/a>. While the bulk of the interview covers the company’s Avandia crisis, JP also kicks some wisdom regarding the “developing world”:<\/p>\n

WSJ:<\/strong> Glaxo recently donated 50 million pandemic flu vaccines to the World Heath Organization. What’s the story?<\/p>\n

Dr. Garnier:<\/strong> It’s probably the largest vaccine donation ever. The company could have sold possibly those 50 million units. They [Glaxo] decided to set them aside because frankly those countries are not going to buy any pandemic vaccine. Some of them have no commitment to health care.<\/p>\n

Let’s call a cat a cat. They’ll buy a lot of other things including Kalashnikovs before they allocate enough money for health care in their own countries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s WSJ has an interview with GlaxoSmithKline CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier. While the bulk of the interview covers the company’s Avandia crisis, JP also kicks some wisdom regarding the “developing world”: WSJ: Glaxo recently donated 50 million pandemic flu vaccines to the World Heath Organization. What’s the story? Dr. Garnier: It’s probably the largest vaccine donation … <\/p>\n

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