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Cross Post: Western Pharma Companies Should Supply Only Essential Medicines to Russia

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Written by Alex Polyakov, The University of Melbourne and Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford

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In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and overwhelming destruction of property and loss of innocent lives, a number of western companies – from McDonalds to Apple – stopped or severely limited their activities in the Russian Federation.

One glaring exception appears to be the majority of western pharmaceutical companies that continue to supply medicines and equipment.

There is growing political and consumer pressure on these companies to take steps to join the concerted efforts designed to pressure the
Russian government to stop the war in Ukraine.Read More »Cross Post: Western Pharma Companies Should Supply Only Essential Medicines to Russia