Joint article from some world leaders including PM, re new global health treaty - significantly, no mention of waivers on intellectual property for vaccines, as demanded by S. Africa, India & others reflecting ongoing argument at WTO with richer countries

EU chief Michel (who first floated the treaty idea) says that the treaty could help with transparency on production and supply chains of vaccines - that concern has been mainly aimed at UK in recent weeks...

Amid acclaim for vaccine rollout - this issue - crucial & vital in Covid response, and for UK health/science/ pharma for decades to come -NHS deployed as testing bed for very rapid evaluation of lifesaving treatments Dexamethasone ✅ Hydroxychloriquine ❎

Chancellor and Business Sec write to businesses at least partly to explain why the concept of “industrial strategy” has been replaced in the plan for growth...

Scratching my head at this - as noble as it sounds - never before seen an independent commission earmark a specific branded financial services company for a recommendation... could easily have made recommendation of all big UK banks, with HSBC as an example perhaps...

Oh. Deer. 🦌

As no one would have a bronze statue of themselves in their office, this must be someone else with the same haircut...

Vaccitech, owner of Oxford tech behind AZ COVID vaccine, spun out from university, files for IPO on NY’s Nasdaq stock exchange - says no guarantee of royalty share from vaccine - AZ will start charging above cost after pandemic ends, not before July: