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AHF Salutes Sen. Sanders’ Holding Moderna CEO to Account for Vax Profiteering

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) issued the following statement in response to congressional hearings being held today on Capitol Hill and chaired by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont), chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, regarding Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccination development and its subsequent immense profiteering off the drug:

“AHF salutes Senator Sanders for holding Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel to account for profiteering off the misery caused by COVID-19. Moderna benefited from billions in public funding and now is holding the world hostage while turning Bancel into a billionaire.”

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to over 1.7 million people in 45 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare.

Contacts

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Ged Kenslea, Senior Director, Communications, AHF
+1.323.791.5526 [cell] gedk@aidshealth.org

John Hassell, National Director of Advocacy, AHF
+1.202.774.4854 [cell] John.hassell@aidshealth.org

AIDS Healthcare Foundation


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AHF Salutes Sen. Sanders’ Holding Moderna CEO to Account for Vax Profiteering
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Contacts

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Ged Kenslea, Senior Director, Communications, AHF
+1.323.791.5526 [cell] gedk@aidshealth.org

John Hassell, National Director of Advocacy, AHF
+1.202.774.4854 [cell] John.hassell@aidshealth.org

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