The analysis is the result of a joint investigation by the British Medical Journal and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. It notes that the WHO’s advice led to governments stockpiling billions of dollars of antivirals as part of global pandemic preparedness plans but claims that “despite repeated requests”, the WHO has failed to provide any details about conflict of interests involving the experts consulted “and what, if anything, was done about them”.
The BMJ says its report “echoes a highly critical inquiry by the Council of Europe”, whose findings will also be published later today (full analysis on PharmaTimes World News on Monday), “and will fuel suspicions that the drug industry was able to exert undue influence” on the WHO.
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