| 00:00 | | MP Gerald Hauser FPÖ [Austrian Freedom Party] |
| 00:05 | | Dr. Saxinger has just stated that the EMA [European Medicines Agency] |
| 00:09 | | has checked everything thoroughly. OK. |
| 00:13 | | The European Medicines Agency is responsible for |
| 00:17 | | monitoring and evaluating medicines in the EU, |
| 00:21 | | and is also responsible for their approval. |
| 00:25 | | And you probably also know Dr. Saxinger, who |
| 00:29 | | heads this EMA. Namely since November 16 2020, |
| 00:33 | | before there was even any discussion about vaccinations |
| 00:37 | | and the approval of vaccinations, a certain Dr. Emer Cooke — |
| 00:41 | | it can all be read here — |
| 00:45 | | and this Dr. Emer Cooke, |
| 00:49 | | who was appointed on November 16 2020 |
| 00:53 | | as the chairwoman [director] of the EMA |
| 00:57 | | is responsible for a budget in 2020 |
| 01:01 | | of approximately €306 million. |
| 01:05 | | And do you know what this budget is made up of? 91% |
| 01:09 | | of this budget comes from fees |
| 01:13 | | paid by the pharmaceutical companies. OK, so far, so good. |
| 01:17 | | And if you now look at the C.V. of Dr. Emer Cooke, |
| 01:21 | | I can tell you, and take a look at this: |
| 01:25 | | Since 1985 she has been |
| 01:29 | | working in various positions of the pharmaceutical |
| 01:33 | | industry. It is interesting |
| 01:37 | | to note that from 1991 |
| 01:41 | | to 1998 she was a director |
| 01:45 | | of the FBA. And do you know |
| 01:49 | | what the FBA is? The FBA is |
| 01:53 | | the lobbying organisation for the largest |
| 01:57 | | European Pharmaceutical Conglomerates. |
| 02:01 | | And do you know that she lobbied for eight years for the Big 30 |
| 02:05 | | of the European Pharmaceutical Industry? And do you know |
| 02:09 | | who her clients were? |
| 02:13 | | Guess who, Doctor? I’ll tell you right now if you don’t know, but you |
| 02:17 | | can guess: Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Novatis, |
| 02:21 | | Johnson and Johnson, and so on and so forth. |
| 02:25 | | So, this Dr. Emer Cooke, who was appointed |
| 02:29 | | in mid-November of 2020 to the EMA board |
| 02:33 | | has, all her life, |
| 02:37 | | worked for the pharma industry. She has lobbied |
| 02:41 | | in an executive capacity for the pharma industry and is now |
| 02:45 | | responsible for the approval and for the control and the efficacy |
| 02:49 | | of vaccines like AstraZeneca. |
| 02:53 | | Honoured colleagues, what would one |
| 02:57 | | say, even as a not-yet experienced parliamentarian, |
| 03:01 | | to such a case? What would one say? |
| 03:05 | | Outright insider deals, outright nepotism, |
| 03:09 | | bribery, everything possible, that’s how it is. |
| 03:13 | | Please think about this when in future |
| 03:17 | | you use the EMA as proof of |
| 03:21 | | the correctness of the testing of medical drugs. |
| 03:25 | | Gerald Hauser criticises Emer Cooke, the Director of the |
| 03:29 | | European Medicines Agency, the EMA, because Cooke |
| 03:34 | | has long lobbied for Big Pharma. |
