Moderna is in trouble in the U.K. for “offering children £1,500 and teddy bears to take part in Covid vaccine trials,” among other things.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is auditing Moderna for “unacceptable” practices that they say “brought discredit upon the industry.”
The money and teddy bears scheme earned Moderna a £44,000 fine. Executives claimed that they didn’t know about it but new documents show that they did.
The full audit is due out shortly and the ABPI could suspend Moderna’s membership but that would amount to mostly a slap on the wrist. Novo Nordisk was suspended in 2023 but restored in March of this year and they were able to continue selling their products.
Esther McVey MP, a former member of the all-party parliamentary group on Covid vaccine damage, said this about it: “They know they can get away with it, and so they do; time and time again. It’s hardly surprising that public trust in the pharmaceutical industry and its regulators is through the floor.”
