Indonesia Health Minister Says U.S. Used Bird Flu Strain For Profit
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Indonesia's health minister says the United States and a UN group exploited her country's strain of the avian flu virus for commercial gain. Minister Siti Fadhilah Supari said Indonesia sent the virus to the United States for humanitarian purposes, but it was developed into vaccines and sold to developing countries for millions of dollars. Supari, who resisted giving the virus to the World Health Organization last year, has published a book on that experience. (Click here for more