Patents in hand, wealthiest nations have signed away opportunity to vaccinate the world
3 years, 9 months ago

Patents in hand, wealthiest nations have signed away opportunity to vaccinate the world

Firstpost  

Residents of wealthy and middle-income countries have received about 90 of the nearly 400 million vaccines delivered so far. As rich countries fight to keep things as they are, others like South Africa and India have taken the battle to the World Trade Organization, seeking a waiver on patent restrictions for COVID-19 vaccines. Despite the hefty government funding, drug companies control nearly all the intellectual property and stand to make fortunes off the vaccines. Intent on protecting intellectual property, the government said calls for equitable access to vaccines and treatments sent “the wrong message to innovators.” World leaders ultimately approved a watered-down declaration that recognized extensive immunization — not the vaccines themselves — as a global public good. For months, the United States and European Union have blocked a proposal at the World Trade Organization that would waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

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Pfizer to offer low-cost drugs to 45 lower-income nations
2 years, 6 months ago

Pfizer to offer low-cost drugs to 45 lower-income nations

Al Jazeera  

US pharmaceutical giant says it will sell patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis to world’s poorest countries. US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has said it would sell its patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis to the world’s poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “An Accord for a Healthier World” focuses on …

Too little, too late: The Hindu Editorial on COVID-19 vaccines and patent rights
2 years, 9 months ago

Too little, too late: The Hindu Editorial on COVID-19 vaccines and patent rights

The Hindu  

In 2020, a key question that the pandemic posed was whether nations would act in solidarity and prioritise equity for the larger good over narrow self-interest. It was amid this turmoil that India and South Africa had proposed at the WTO that all patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines, drugs and diagnostics be temporarily suspended to ensure smooth manufacture and distribution. …

White House to share COVID-19 technology innovated by US government with the WHO
2 years, 9 months ago

White House to share COVID-19 technology innovated by US government with the WHO

Daily Mail  

The White House is planning on sharing American-invented COVID-19 technology with the World Health Organization in an effort to fight the pandemic across the world. The White House is expected to announce on Thursday that it will collaborate with the WHO and the U.N. to share American COVID-19 technology with the rest of the world in an effort to fight …

‘Omicron a Self-Inflicted Wound’: Patent-Free Corbevax Can Help End Covid Pandemic, Believe Its Makers
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Omicron a Self-Inflicted Wound’: Patent-Free Corbevax Can Help End Covid Pandemic, Believe Its Makers

News 18  

“When your house is on fire, you call the fire department not lawyers,” that’s how American scientist Prof. Peter Hotez explained the importance of patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines. Professor Hotez in an exclusive interview to CNN News-18 said he along with Dr Maria Elena Bottazzi developed Corbevax and kept patents off the table to “help lower- and middle-income countries …

Who invented covid-19 vaccines? Drugmakers battle over patents
2 years, 11 months ago

Who invented covid-19 vaccines? Drugmakers battle over patents

Live Mint  

A high-stakes legal battle is taking shape over lucrative patent rights for Covid-19 vaccines, with drug companies pitted against each other and government and academic scientists over who invented what. One dispute stems from Moderna’s decision to deny a National Institutes of Health request to list government scientists as co-inventors on the company’s application for a U.S. patent covering a …

Prospects of intellectual-property waiver on Covid-19 vaccines fade
3 years, 1 month ago

Prospects of intellectual-property waiver on Covid-19 vaccines fade

Live Mint  

An agreement to waive the intellectual-property rights underpinning Covid-19 vaccines—a prospect poor countries have hoped would ease supplies to the developing world—is becoming increasingly unlikely, say people familiar with the situation, with the U.S. not acting to bridge disagreements between developing world countries and those opposing such a measure. However, people close to the negotiations at the World Trade Organization, …

Opinion: Don’t let gene patents make a comeback
3 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: Don’t let gene patents make a comeback

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jorge Contreras is a professor at the University of Utah S.J. Patents are still available to protect biomedical innovations such as vaccines, drugs and test kits, but no one can claim ownership over the genetic sequences that exist within naturally occurring organisms. This legislation would once again have permitted the patenting of natural substances and genomic sequences such …

Amnesty blames top COVID jab makers for vaccine inequality
3 years, 3 months ago

Amnesty blames top COVID jab makers for vaccine inequality

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty International says six leading COVID jab manufacturers are ‘wheeling and dealing in favour of wealthy states’. Six top manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccine “are fuelling an unprecedented human rights crisis through their refusal to waive intellectual property rights and share vaccine technology”, Amnesty International said in a report. But instead, to their shame and our collective grief, Big Pharma’s …

Op-Ed: Biden’s vaccine summit is a chance to commit doses where they’re needed most
3 years, 3 months ago

Op-Ed: Biden’s vaccine summit is a chance to commit doses where they’re needed most

LA Times  

The world stands at a critical juncture of the COVID-19 pandemic. Countries that lack the first round of vaccine coverage are extraordinarily vulnerable to the highly infectious Delta variant and are Governments of countries where vaccines are being produced — the United States, European Union members, the United Kingdom, India, Russia and China — need to cooperate under United Nations …

Biden Will Try To Rally The World To Boost COVID-19 Vaccinations As The U.N. Meets
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden Will Try To Rally The World To Boost COVID-19 Vaccinations As The U.N. Meets

NPR  

Biden Will Try To Rally The World To Boost COVID-19 Vaccinations As The U.N. Meets Enlarge this image toggle caption Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images Facing criticism for its plan to give Americans third doses of COVID-19 vaccines while millions in the world's poorest countries are still waiting for a first shot, the White House …

Call to allow developing countries to produce Covid vaccines, amid fears of new variants
3 years, 4 months ago

Call to allow developing countries to produce Covid vaccines, amid fears of new variants

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Many of the deaths we mourn today could have been …

Wealthy nations ‘far from targets’ on COVID vaccine donations
3 years, 4 months ago

Wealthy nations ‘far from targets’ on COVID vaccine donations

Al Jazeera  

An expert independent panel monitoring the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic says wealthy nations have not done enough to transfer COVID-19 vaccines to developing nations where they are desperately needed as the Delta variant drives a new wave of disease around the world, In May, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, called for the reallocation of one …

Explainer: What are patent waivers for COVID vaccines?
3 years, 5 months ago

Explainer: What are patent waivers for COVID vaccines?

Al Jazeera  

While the US has backed waiving IP rights at the WTO, some European powers have shown more reluctance. Last October, India and South Africa put forward an initiative at the World Trade Organization to temporarily suspend rules on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and other coronavirus-related medical equipment, arguing that waiving patents would allow more countries to manufacture much-needed …

Proposal by India and S Africa for Patent Waiver on Covid-19 Vaccines Gets Widespread Support at G7: MEA
3 years, 6 months ago

Proposal by India and S Africa for Patent Waiver on Covid-19 Vaccines Gets Widespread Support at G7: MEA

News 18  

A proposal by India and South Africa to temporarily waive patents on COVID-19 vaccines to ensure their equitable access received widespread support at the G7 summit in the UK, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday. The MEA said Modi’s call was supported by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, WTO Director-General Okonjo Iweala and …

Biden announces ‘no strings attached’ global vaccine donation
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden announces ‘no strings attached’ global vaccine donation

Al Jazeera  

The US president casts plan as bold move that shows the country recognises its responsibility towards the world. United States President Joe Biden has announced a donation of 500 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the world’s poorest countries to help speed the pandemic’s end, with “no strings attached”. “Surely, these 500 million vaccine doses are welcome as …

IP Waiver In The Pandemic: A Human Rights V. IPR Debate
3 years, 6 months ago

IP Waiver In The Pandemic: A Human Rights V. IPR Debate

Live Law  

The Trade related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement or the TRIPS as it is popularly called came into existence in 1995. Through this article, we aim to examine the IP waiver request in the larger context of an intellectual property vs. human rights debate. On the other hand, those against the IP waiver argue that the TRIPS permits certain …

The AIDS fight offers a COVID vaccine patent pathway
3 years, 7 months ago

The AIDS fight offers a COVID vaccine patent pathway

The Hindu  

In order to achieve global herd immunity and prevent new strains of COVID-19 from emerging, possibly for years to come, vaccines need to be affordable and available in massive quantities throughout the globe. The United Nations’ Medicines Patent Pool and the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool are important tools in an effort to promote voluntary licensing for COVID …

Covid-19: The politics of patents
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: The politics of patents

Hindustan Times  

Shortages of vaccines and medicines to cope with Covid-19 are the most perturbing features of the second wave of the pandemic. India, which is facing shortages of vaccines and medicines, can do better if the government decides to invoke two provisions of the country’s Patents Act, which Parliament included to address public health emergencies. While amending India’s Patents Act after …

Covid vaccine: Swadeshi Jagran Manch starts campaign for universal access
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid vaccine: Swadeshi Jagran Manch starts campaign for universal access

Hindustan Times  

Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, on Monday started an online campaign for “Universal Access of Vaccine and Medicines” and has dubbed patent protection as a “major barrier” to the generic production of vaccines and medicines. The RSS affiliate has started the campaign to pressure global pharma companies into voluntarily giving patent-free rights, including technology transfer, …

COVID-19 Patent Waivers Are Not A Silver Bullet : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 Patent Waivers Are Not A Silver Bullet : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR

NPR  

The Great Vaccine Patent-Off Enlarge this image PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on around the world, vaccines are not being made fast enough. One big idea right now is removing intellectual property from COVID-19 vaccines. But another position is that the whole patent debate is kind of a side show …

Vaccine skirmishes: On production of COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 7 months ago

Vaccine skirmishes: On production of COVID-19 vaccine

The Hindu  

The Biden administration’s announcement that it would support a waiver on intellectual property rights for the production of COVID-19 vaccines appeared to catch the world off-guard, on both sides of the argument. Months before it was tabled, during the 2020 U.S. presidential election, erstwhile candidate Joe Biden vowed that should he win, he would “absolutely positively” commit to sharing vaccine …

COVID vaccine patent waiver no 'magic bullet', says EU; urges US to lift ban on exports instead
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID vaccine patent waiver no 'magic bullet', says EU; urges US to lift ban on exports instead

Firstpost  

While the US has kept a tight lid on exports so it can inoculate its own population first, the EU has become the world’s leading provider, allowing about as many doses to go outside the 27-nation bloc as are kept for its 446 million inhabitants European Union leaders cranked up their criticism of the U.S. call to waive COVID-19 vaccine …

Pope Francis backs waivers on intellectual property rights for vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

Pope Francis backs waivers on intellectual property rights for vaccines

Hindustan Times  

Pope Francis on Saturday supported waiving intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, backing a proposal by US President Joe Biden that has been rebuffed by some European nations, including Germany. "A variant of this virus is closed nationalism, which prevents, for example, an internationalism of vaccines," Pope Francis said in the pre-recorded video message. REUTERS In a speech to a …

Explained | Why patents on COVID vaccines are so contentious
3 years, 7 months ago

Explained | Why patents on COVID vaccines are so contentious

The Hindu  

The Biden administration's call to lift patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help poor parts of the world get more doses has drawn praise from some countries and health advocates. In the US, patents on medicines typically last 20 years from when they are filed, which is usually done as soon as a drugmaker thinks it has an important or …

COVID vaccine donations matter more than waivers, EU leaders say
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID vaccine donations matter more than waivers, EU leaders say

Al Jazeera  

While humanitarian groups have cheered the Biden administration’s decision to lift patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines, European Union leaders say any benefit from a temporary waiver would take too long to make a real difference. European leaders voiced increasing scepticism on Friday that a United States proposal to lift patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines would solve the problem of getting …

With a Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver likely, time to rethink global intellectual property rules
3 years, 7 months ago

With a Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver likely, time to rethink global intellectual property rules

CNN  

Ruth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith Jr. Pharmaceutical companies argue that these high prices are necessary to recoup substantial research and development expenditures, but patent rules also prevent poor countries from producing medicines locally to meet domestic needs. Our worries turned out to be real" Joseph E. Stiglitz In 1995, in response to growing competition from the burgeoning generic …

Support grows for India over patents
3 years, 7 months ago

Support grows for India over patents

Hindustan Times  

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced the US will support temporary waiver of intellectual property rights to Covid-19 vaccines, accepting a key element of a joint proposal by India and South Africa at the World Trade Organization, and said it will “actively participate” in negotiations to “make that happen”. People familiar with the matter said it is a “limited waiver” …

US Backs COVID Jab Patents Waiver, What Next for Vaccine Equality?
3 years, 7 months ago

US Backs COVID Jab Patents Waiver, What Next for Vaccine Equality?

The Quint  

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, and the US government backing a waiver on COVID-19 vaccine patents is just one of those crucial decisions that was much needed in this pandemic. As it is, low- and middle-income countries, like India, are facing a vaccine shortage without having vaccinated even 10 percent of the population, which makes it so utterly important …

More nations support easing patent rules on COVID-19 vaccines; IP waiver not a solution, insists Big Pharma
3 years, 7 months ago

More nations support easing patent rules on COVID-19 vaccines; IP waiver not a solution, insists Big Pharma

Firstpost  

The vaccine manufacturing industry said that reducing bottlenecks in supply chains and a scarcity of ingredients that go into vaccines are more pressing issues than waiving patents Geneva: France joined the United States on Thursday in supporting an easing of patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines that could help poorer countries get more doses and speed the end of the pandemic. …

Drugmakers say Biden misguided over vaccine patent waiver
3 years, 7 months ago

Drugmakers say Biden misguided over vaccine patent waiver

Live Mint  

Drugmakers on Thursday said U.S. President Joe Biden's support for waiving patents of COVID-19 vaccines could disrupt a fragile supply chain and that rich countries should instead share more generously with the developing world. Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, angering research-based pharmaceutical companies. Moderna, which on Thursday reported quarterly results, said …

European Union 'ready to discuss' Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver
3 years, 7 months ago

European Union 'ready to discuss' Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver

Hindustan Times  

The European Union is willing to discuss a proposal, now backed by the United States, to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. "The EU is "That's why we are ready to discuss how the U.S. proposal for a waiver on intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines could help achieve …

How Significant is US’ Proposal to Waive COVID-19 Vaccine Patents?
3 years, 7 months ago

How Significant is US’ Proposal to Waive COVID-19 Vaccine Patents?

The Quint  

“Text-based negotiations are important. It just takes a long time to get consensus in the WTO around specific language,”reported The Washington Post, quoting Nao Matsukata, who served in the George W Bush administration’s trade office and helped work on the 2001 agreement which set the base for the existing intellectual property protections. After the US cleared path for the vaccine …

How US Waiving Patents Can Boost Fight Against Covid-19 in India
3 years, 7 months ago

How US Waiving Patents Can Boost Fight Against Covid-19 in India

News 18  

In what can help India get over the devastating second wave of Covid-19 and provide a cushion for subsequent spread, the Joe Biden administration had decided to support a proposal moved by it and South Africa to temporarily waive some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The United States had been a major holdout at the World Trade Organization over …

India Appreciates US Decision to Back TRIPS Waiver for Covid-19 Vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

India Appreciates US Decision to Back TRIPS Waiver for Covid-19 Vaccines

News 18  

India has appreciated the Biden administration’s decision to support a proposal moved by it and South Africa to temporarily waive some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights rules amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We appreciate the US administration’s announcement today of its support for waiver of IPR for Covid-19 vaccines,” Sandhu told PTI on Wednesday. Making the announcement, US Trade Representative …

All you need to know about the battle over COVID jab IP rights
3 years, 7 months ago

All you need to know about the battle over COVID jab IP rights

Al Jazeera  

In a potentially pivotal move, the US has offered backing for a global waiver on patent protections for coronavirus vaccines. This was followed by European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen saying the bloc was “ready to assess how the US proposal” could help ramp up global vaccine production. Without directly endorsing the IP waiver, von der Leyen said the …

U.S. to support intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

U.S. to support intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines

The Hindu  

The United States will support an initiative at the World Trade Organisation to waive Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights protection for COVID-19 vaccines, the Biden administration said on Wednesday. "The administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for Covid-19 vaccines," United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced, …

WTO mulling intellectual property waivers for vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

WTO mulling intellectual property waivers for vaccines

The Hindu  

Ambassadors from World Trade Organisation countries on Wednesday plan to discuss trade rules protecting the technological know-how behind COVID-19 vaccines amid growing pressure on rich nations to relax them as a way to help developing countries fight the pandemic. Some civil society groups expressed hope the proposal would be approved after US President Joe Biden’s top trade official, Katherine Tai, …

US to back intellectual property waiver at WTO for COVID vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

US to back intellectual property waiver at WTO for COVID vaccines

Al Jazeera  

India and South Africa have been urging WTO members to temporarily suspend rules on intellectual property rights, arguing that it is the most efficient and equitable way to address vaccine shortages in poor countries. “We are for the waiver at the WTO, we are for what the proponents of the waiver are trying to accomplish, which is better access, more …

Global economy rests on cutting vaccine inequity: US trade chief
3 years, 7 months ago

Global economy rests on cutting vaccine inequity: US trade chief

Al Jazeera  

Many in US president’s party want him to waive vaccine intellectual property protection, allowing them to be copied. Our economic recovery depends on it.” Tai is due to discuss demands from developing countries for a World Trade Organization waiver of intellectual property rights on coronavirus vaccines during a WTO General Council meeting later this week. Wider distribution White House Chief …

US supports vaccine patent waiver proposal at World Trade Organization
3 years, 7 months ago

US supports vaccine patent waiver proposal at World Trade Organization

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Biden administration, in a major decision Wednesday, said it would support easing patent rules on Covid-19 vaccines after intense internal debate and strong pushback from American drugmakers, potentially expanding the global supply and narrowing the vaccination gap between rich and poor nations. “The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this …

‘Monumental moment’: US backs COVID vaccine patent waivers
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Monumental moment’: US backs COVID vaccine patent waivers

Al Jazeera  

World Health Organization chief welcomes US announcement that it will support waivers for coronavirus vaccines. The head of the World Health Organization has welcomed a decision by the United States to back intellectual property waivers for coronavirus vaccines, calling it “a monumental moment” in the fight against the virus. WHO Executive Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday commended the Biden …

US announces support for Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver
3 years, 7 months ago

US announces support for Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver

India Today  

US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced its support for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines and will negotiate the terms at the World Trade Organisation. While intellectual property rights for businesses are important, Washington "supports the waiver of those protections for Covid-19 vaccines," US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a statement. The US supports …

New polls show G7 populations back sharing vaccine know-how
3 years, 7 months ago

New polls show G7 populations back sharing vaccine know-how

Al Jazeera  

Majority in G7 nations believe governments should prevent pharmaceutical companies from holding monopoly on COVID vaccines, new poll says. A majority of people in G7 countries believe that governments should ensure pharmaceutical companies share the formulas and technology of their vaccines, according to new polling from the People’s Vaccine Alliance. “They underlined the importance of G7 work in this area, …

Will US lift vaccine patents? – Coronavirus Fact vs. Fiction
3 years, 7 months ago

Will US lift vaccine patents? – Coronavirus Fact vs. Fiction

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the May 3 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. On Sunday, the US acknowledged those calls, with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain telling CBS News that US Trade Representative Katherine Tai would hold talks with the World Trade Organization “on how we can get this vaccine more widely distributed, …

US to hold WTO talks about COVID vaccine distribution
3 years, 7 months ago

US to hold WTO talks about COVID vaccine distribution

Al Jazeera  

The top United States trade representative will begin discussions with the World Trade Organization about how to more widely distribute COVID-19 vaccines, as the country faces increasing pressure to help other nations get much-needed jabs. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said on Sunday that US Trade Representative Katherine Tai would hold talks with the WTO “on how we …

Brazil Senate votes to suspend patent protection on Covid-19 vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

Brazil Senate votes to suspend patent protection on Covid-19 vaccines

India Today  

Brazil's Senate on Thursday approved a bill to suspend patent protection for Covid-19 vaccines, tests and medications during the pandemic, sending the proposal to the lower house of Congress for consideration and possible amendments. It remains unclear if lower house lawmakers will pass the bill, with implications for pharmaceutical firms such as AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac Biotech, which have arranged …

Top US Senators Ask Pfizer, Moderna, J&J For Global Access To Vaccines, Including In India
3 years, 7 months ago

Top US Senators Ask Pfizer, Moderna, J&J For Global Access To Vaccines, Including In India

News 18  

As India faces a catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak, five top Democratic senators wrote to Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson&Johnson, seeking global access to vaccines, including technology transfer. “Though Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and other companies have developed safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, the uncontrolled spread of coronavirus poses significant risks to global vaccination efforts: as the virus proliferates, it is evolves …

Pharma-Backed Democrats Rally Opposition To Vaccine Patent Waiver
3 years, 7 months ago

Pharma-Backed Democrats Rally Opposition To Vaccine Patent Waiver

Huff Post  

Democratic Reps. Scott Peters, left, and Ron Kind, sit on committees that regulate the pharmaceutical industry and are among the biggest recipients of industry cash. Getty Images Two House Democrats are soliciting support for a letter calling on President Joe Biden to continue denying developing countries’ request for a temporary waiver from intellectual property rules that severely limit their ability …

A WTO waiver on patents won’t help us against covid
3 years, 7 months ago

A WTO waiver on patents won’t help us against covid

Live Mint  

The drumbeat of those calling for a World Trade Organization waiver on intellectual property protection for pharmaceutical patents in the ongoing covid pandemic is getting louder. Indeed, and ironically, this is exactly what has occurred in India’s case, with a licensing agreement between AstraZeneca and Serum Institute of India that allows the latter to make vaccines for both domestic use …

US considering intellectual property waiver for COVID vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

US considering intellectual property waiver for COVID vaccines

Al Jazeera  

The White House said officials were reviewing the most efficient way to maximise the global output of vaccines. The United States is considering options for maximising global production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines at the lowest cost, including backing a proposed waiver of intellectual property rights, but no decision has been made, according to the White House. Western countries block …

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