The World Health Organization has said that Quebec’s plant-based COVID-19 vaccine will “very likely” not be approved for emergency use.
Starting at 12.44 in the video: “Due to its connections — it’s partially owned by Philip Morris — so the process is put on hold,” said Mariangela Simao, WHO’s assistant director-general for drug access, vaccines and pharmaceuticals. “It’s well known the WHO and the UN have a very strict policy regarding engagement with the tobacco and arms industry, so the process is put on hold. It’s very likely it won’t be accepted for emergency use listing.”
