Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. Archival photoMOSCOW, Jan 28The vaccine market is very capacious and cash-rich, there is unfair competition, both commercial and political, and it definitely exists in relation to Sputnik V, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in interview with RIA Novosti and other leading Russian media.
"Obviously, the vaccine market has opened up in a very broad way for a long time to come. This is a very capacious, very money market. Naturally, there is competition here, but this competition is of a negative nature", Medvedev said.
He noted that competition is a good thing, but in this case, “it is purely negative, because this competition hinders, for example, the supply of effective vaccines to other markets and naturally hinders the movement of people.” “According to our Sputnik, such competition, as it seems to me, is so unfair, political and commercial, it’s definitely present,” said the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council. pandemic, Medvedev stated that everything that happened in the world after the outbreak of the pandemic is not only a colossal challenge for humanity and the issue of the struggle for life, it is also «business for pharmaceutical companies, for manufacturers of the same vaccines.» «Obviously, for the states that sometimes closely monitor this and even regulate all this activity,» he noted. He also expressed the hope that «sooner or later, WHO will complete the registration of Sputnik V.» Probably, there is. and organizational nuances, and our structures should work more actively, I held a number of meetings through the Security Council on this topic. Such contacts are being made,» Medvedev added.