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Richard Bergström spent nearly three decades in the private pharmaceutical sector, including five years as head of its European lobby, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations. 'That's a long time ago', he said (Photo: Investigate Europe)

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EU's 'secret' vaccine negotiators: Who's dealing with Big Pharma?

When it accepted the titanic task of procuring coronavirus vaccines on behalf of the EU, the EU Commission set up a Steering Board to oversee the tenders.

All 27 member states selected their own delegates.

Among themselves, they also picked seven countries to form a Joint Negotiation Team directly dealing with multinationals. These are Spain, France, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Poland. Their representatives are often the main point of contact for drugmakers, alo...

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Richard Bergström spent nearly three decades in the private pharmaceutical sector, including five years as head of its European lobby, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations. 'That's a long time ago', he said (Photo: Investigate Europe)

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Maxence Peigné is an investigative journalist with Investigate Europe.

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