Pharmaceutical Firms Accused of Making ‘Obscene Profits’ Amid Global Vaccine Shortage

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Pharmaceutical Firms Accused of Making ‘Obscene Profits’ Amid Global Vaccine Shortage

 LONDON – A group of activist organizations says that at least nine executives and investors in companies making coronavirus vaccines have become billionaires in the last year thanks to the patents on their vaccines.  The People’s Vaccine Alliance, a grouping of several non-profit, non-governmental organizations including Global Justice Now, Oxfam and UNAIDS, is calling for the pharmaceutical firms to share their technology […]

BLM Sign Patents to Convey Lands to the State of Alaska

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BLM Sign Patents to Convey Lands to the State of Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State Office recently signed patents on more than 340,000 acres fulfilling BLM’s responsibility to convey lands to the State of Alaska and Alaska Native Corporations.  The acres patented on May 31 were previously conveyed to the State by Tentative Approval (TA) or to an Alaska Native Corporation […]