UK's Chief Scientific Advisor Has Financial Interest In Firm That Create Vaccines

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UK's chief scientific adviser has £600k shareholding in firm contracted to develop vaccines

The UK’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has a £600,000 shareholding in a drugs giant contracted to develop a Covid-19 vaccine for the Government, The Telegraph has revealed.

In July, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and drugs multinational Sanofi agreed a deal with the UK Government to supply it with up to 60 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, subject to final contract.

It has a similar deal with the US Government for an initial 100 million doses.

 

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UK's chief scientific adviser has £600k shareholding in firm contracted to develop vaccines

The UK’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has a £600,000 shareholding in a drugs giant contracted to develop a Covid-19 vaccine for the Government, The Telegraph has revealed.

In July, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and drugs multinational Sanofi agreed a deal with the UK Government to supply it with up to 60 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, subject to final contract.

It has a similar deal with the US Government for an initial 100 million doses.

Yeah, don't like the guy or the stuff he parott's on a weekly basis, this surely means he is 'compromised' in the publics eyes, but hey what can we do