Logo
  • Search
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Archive
  • About DT
  • Contact
  • Search
  • Subscribe
  • Login

DT 8 / 2011

jadhav_suresh_page_3.jpg

GAVI funds big pharma while Indian drug firm could produce for less

Donors recently committed USD 4.3 billion in new support to GAVI; one-third of this will finance the purchase of pneumococcal vaccine. Critics say that GAVI is paying too much for pneumo vaccine, while Bill Gates “feels great” about the prices GAVI has achieved.

In an interview with Development Today, the head of the Indian drug firm Serum Institute says he will have a pneumonia vaccine on the market by 2015 at a fraction of what GAVI is currently paying Western pharmaceutical companies. Had he received donor support three years ago, he would have been able to produce a cheaper vaccine by 2012-13.

News June 23, 2011

hautula_web.jpg

Heidi Hautala named new Finnish aid minister

Finland’s new government is finally taking shape after two months of political horse-trading following...

News June 23, 2011

Donors continue to hold back support from Global Fund

Several donors to the Global Fund continue to hold back their contributions for this year. Some have...

News June 23, 2011

NGO report documents EU donors’ broken aid promises

A report by the European NGO Aidwatch concludes that EU member states have fallen far behind their aid...

News June 23, 2011

Norway scales back funding of Clinton foundation

Norway, a top donor of former President Bill Clinton’s foundation, has decided not to enter into a new...

News June 23, 2011

New billions to GAVI for vaccine roll out

International donors, led by the United Kingdom, the Gates Foundation and Norway, have pledged USD 4.3...

News June 23, 2011

Priorities and labels. On piracy and Danish aid in Somalia

Denmark’s new anti-piracy strategy calls for a whole-of-government approach, including aid, military...

Opinion June 22, 2011

Tiptoeing in Ethiopia

The Norwegian hydropower engagement in Ethiopia risks becoming an embarrassment. Norway has spent tens...

Opinion Editorial June 22, 2011

Danish firms to benefit from mixed credit contracts worth DKK 1.8b

Danish aid-financed mixed credit financing reached almost a record level last year, following an all-time...

Business June 22, 2011

Renaissance vs Border

The Renaissance Dam is an upgrade of the Border Dam, a project originally studied under the auspices...

Business June 22, 2011

IADB one step closer to supporting Amaila Falls Dam

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has moved one step closer to giving support to the 165-megawatt...

Business June 22, 2011

NIRAS awarded DKK 16m contract in Mozambique

The Danish engineering consultancy NIRAS has been awarded a contract worth DKK 15.6 million in Mozambique...

Business June 22, 2011

Strengthening IGAD in Eastern Africa

The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs will support the strengthening of capacity of the  Djibouti-based...

Business June 22, 2011

Jarskog, Sipu International awarded Sida ITP contracts

Development Today reported in the last issue that two Sida international training programmes - Private...

Business June 22, 2011

High-profile support for gay rights

The setting was unusual: Two state secretaries on high bar stools in a nightclub, presenting the latest...

News June 22, 2011

Ethiopia’s hydro ambitions leave Norwegian aid project in shambles

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia surprised the world in late March when he launched an enormous...

Business June 22, 2011

Subscribe

Support independent journalism on development issues.

Read more

  • Home
  • Archive
  • 2011
  • DT 8 / 2011

Development Today AS
Box 140
1371 Asker
Norway
Tel: +47 66902660
E-mail: devtoday@devtoday.no

  • News
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Archive
  • About DT
  • Privacy and Cookie policy
  • Contact
  • Log in
  • Subscribe

Design and development: Snapper Net Solutions