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, including efforts to increase international manufacturing capability.” Separately on Wednesday, the World Trade Organization will meet remotely, where members will discuss a proposal to waive intellectual property rights for producing coronavirus vaccines for the duration of the pandemic. Governments need to step in and force pharmaceutical companies to share their intellectual property and vaccine know-how with the world.” As G7 chair, the UK has proposed a Pandemic Preparedness Plan, to be discussed by ministers this week, which ignores the issue of monopolies and intellectual property. “It would be a gross failure of leadership to continue blocking the sharing of life-saving technologies, and would only serve to prolong the immense pain and suffering caused by this pandemic.” In April, 175 former world leaders and Nobel laureates, including Gordon Brown, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Francois Hollande in an open letter, urged US President Joe Biden to support the temporary waiving of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines.

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Pfizer to offer low-cost drugs to 45 lower-income nations
2 years, 7 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 …

Africa's COVID vaccine production line in jeopardy
2 years, 7 months ago

Africa's COVID vaccine production line in jeopardy

The Hindu  

Trisha shakes her head when asked if she's vaccinated. 'A massive setback for Africa's plans' In the absence of orders or commitments, Aspen is considering the repurposing of two COVID-19 production lines for the manufacture of other products. "The continent would lose its only existing COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity," Nicolaou says. Africa's major public health body, the Africa Centers for …

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. …

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 …

WHO warns fears of Omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding
3 years ago

WHO warns fears of Omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding

India Today  

The World Health Organisation expressed concerns on Thursday that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the Omicron variant could step up the hoarding of Covid-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again, complicating efforts to stamp out the pandemic. “What is going to shut down disease is for everybody who is especially at risk of disease to become vaccinated,” said …

Rich countries blamed for new Omicron COVID variant: "It was entirely preventable"
3 years ago

Rich countries blamed for new Omicron COVID variant: "It was entirely preventable"

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. Tim Bierley of the U.K.-based advocacy group Global Justice Now said in a statement that the B.1.1.529 mutation is an "entirely avoidable" consequence of deliberate policy decisions by rich countries, which have hoarded vaccine doses and refused to force pharmaceutical giants to share technology with developing nations. Ursula von der Leyen, president of …

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, …

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 …

WHO aims for 30 percent of needed Africa COVID jabs by February
3 years, 3 months ago

WHO aims for 30 percent of needed Africa COVID jabs by February

Al Jazeera  

The WHO and its partners hope to provide Africa with about 30 percent of vaccines by February. The World Health Organization and its partners have said they hope to provide Africa with about 30 percent of the COVID-19 vaccines the continent needs by February, badly missing the 60 percent vaccination coverage goal that African leaders had once hoped for this …

Here’s who loves Biden’s vaccine mandate: The companies that have to enforce it
3 years, 3 months ago

Here’s who loves Biden’s vaccine mandate: The companies that have to enforce it

CNN  

New York CNN Business — President Joe Biden gave a gift to every major company in America by forcing them to mandate vaccines or stringently test their employees for Covid. “One of the most difficult problems for companies to tackle during this pandemic, among many, was the ever-changing and sometimes conflicting directives from local, state, and federal agencies.” Praise from …

WHO urges rich countries to hold off on booster shots until 2022
3 years, 3 months ago

WHO urges rich countries to hold off on booster shots until 2022

Al Jazeera  

Agency chief calls for an extension of proposed moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to enable every country to inoculate at least 40 percent of its population. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said he was “appalled” at comments by a leading association of pharmaceutical manufacturers a day earlier who said vaccine supplies …

Rich countries to have 1.2bn surplus COVID vaccine doses
3 years, 3 months ago

Rich countries to have 1.2bn surplus COVID vaccine doses

Al Jazeera  

By end of 2021, rich countries will have 1.2 billion doses of vaccine shots not earmarked for donations. Wealthy countries could potentially have a surplus of more than one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses available by the end of the year that are not designated as donations to poorer nations, according to a new analysis Vaccine stock in Western countries has …

Slew of new mandates announced after FDA grants full approval to Pfizer vaccine
3 years, 4 months ago

Slew of new mandates announced after FDA grants full approval to Pfizer vaccine

Salon  

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday officially granted full legal approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, opening the floodgates to a slew of new vaccination mandates. Pfizer's shot, developed in conjunction with German biotechnology company BioNTech, is the first to gain full FDA approval, with Moderna and Johnson & Johnson still under authorization for emergency use. "The FDA's approval of …

WHO calls for moratorium on COVID vaccine booster jabs
3 years, 4 months ago

WHO calls for moratorium on COVID vaccine booster jabs

Al Jazeera  

WHO chief says the move would enable at least 10 percent of the population of every country to be vaccinated. But we cannot accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a media briefing. We will have enough supply to ensure, if the …

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 …

July 12, 2021 coronavirus news
3 years, 5 months ago

July 12, 2021 coronavirus news

CNN  

World Health Organization leaders asked wealthy countries on Monday to hold off on giving booster doses of coronavirus vaccines to their residents before people in other countries can even get their first doses. “Some countries and regions are actually ordering millions of booster doses before other countries have had supplies to vaccinate their health workers and most vulnerable,” WHO Director-General …

'Will Create Vaccine Inequity' : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Centre's Policy To Sell 25% Vaccines To Private Hospitals
3 years, 6 months ago

'Will Create Vaccine Inequity' : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Centre's Policy To Sell 25% Vaccines To Private Hospitals

Live Law  

Challenging the new policy adopted by the Central Government to reserve 25% of the domestically manufactured COVID vaccines for private hospitals, an application has been filed in the Supreme Court.The application filed by Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala and former mediaperson John Brittas and R Ramakumar, Professor at TISS, says that this policy will in effect "cause a reservation for …

G7 leaders are guilty of vaccine nationalism – this shameful stance will prolong the pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

G7 leaders are guilty of vaccine nationalism – this shameful stance will prolong the pandemic

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Last week, …

Covid-19 virus quicker than vaccines, warns WHO as G7 vows to share doses
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 virus quicker than vaccines, warns WHO as G7 vows to share doses

Hindustan Times  

The WHO warned Monday that Covid-19 was moving faster than the vaccines, and said the G7's vow to share a billion doses with poorer nations was simply not enough. "I welcome the announcement that G7 countries will donate 870 million vaccine doses, primarily through Covax," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists. G7 leaders "say they want to …

What are G7 countries promising on COVID vaccines?
3 years, 6 months ago

What are G7 countries promising on COVID vaccines?

Al Jazeera  

Pledges of hundreds of millions of vaccine doses to poor countries are seen as an effort to counter China’s widening vaccine diplomacy. Below are the G7 pledges so far: United States US President Joe Biden plans to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to more than 90 countries. United Kingdom British Prime Minister Boris Johnson …

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 …

AP source: US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally
3 years, 6 months ago

AP source: US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. National security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Wednesday that Biden was committed to sharing vaccines …

G7 ministers to discuss COVID vaccines, animal-borne diseases
3 years, 6 months ago

G7 ministers to discuss COVID vaccines, animal-borne diseases

Al Jazeera  

UK says G7 health ministers will announce a ‘new international approach’ to reduce the risk of a new pandemic. The United Kingdom is set to host health ministers from the G7 countries for talks focused on improving the early detection of animal-borne diseases and expanding poorer nations’ access to COVID-19 vaccines. “We need to make better use of advances in …

Coronavirus | Why not buy 100% vaccines if you get discount, Supreme Court asks Centre
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | Why not buy 100% vaccines if you get discount, Supreme Court asks Centre

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has questioned the Centre’s logic that manufacturers are selling it COVID-19 vaccines for a hefty discount because it places bulk orders. “If the Central government’s unique monopolistic buyer position is the only reason for it receiving vaccines at a much lower rate from manufacturers, it is important for us to examine the rationality of the existing Liberalised …

Heads of four global organisations appeal to world leaders for COVID-19 vaccine equality
3 years, 6 months ago

Heads of four global organisations appeal to world leaders for COVID-19 vaccine equality

Firstpost  

WHO, World Bank, IMF, and WTO blamed gaps in vaccination programs for the emergence of virus variants that fuelled fresh outbreaks in developing countries. World leaders must make a “new commitment” to a more equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines to bring the pandemic under control, the heads of four major global organisations said Tuesday. The cash injections “would help us …

Supreme Court asks Centre about vaccine-procurement policy
3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court asks Centre about vaccine-procurement policy

India TV News  

The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Monday about the vaccine-procurement policy by referring to the fact that states are in the process of issuing global tenders to procure jabs for coronavirus. A bench, headed by Justice DY Chandrachud and also comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and L Nageswara Rao, was hearing a suo motu case related to the supply …

Only a global effort can tame COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Only a global effort can tame COVID-19

The Hindu  

India has been witnessing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases, largely due to the new variants. By June-July, in the best-case scenario, the combined production capacity of the two companies is expected to rise to 158 million doses per month. In its attempt to enhance the production of Covaxin from 12.5 million doses to 58 million doses a month, the …

Pfizer-BioNTech Pledge 2 Billion Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines to Less Wealthy Nations
3 years, 7 months ago

Pfizer-BioNTech Pledge 2 Billion Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines to Less Wealthy Nations

News 18  

American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German company BioNTech pledged Friday to deliver 2 billion doses of their Covid-19 vaccine to middle- and low-income countries over the next 18 months, amid international calls for more vaccine solidarity. Bourla said his company last year adopted a three-tiered pricing policy guaranteeing that low-income countries get the shots at cost and to have middle-income …

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 …

Confidence grows that COVID-19 vaccines hold their own against variants
3 years, 7 months ago

Confidence grows that COVID-19 vaccines hold their own against variants

LA Times  

Confidence is growing that COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the U.S. are holding their own against the coronavirus variants now in circulation. “Everything we’ve seen with the variants should provide marked reassurance, as far as the protection that is afforded by vaccines — particularly the vaccines that we have in the United States,” said Dr. Eric Topol, director of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

‘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 …

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 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 …

The US secured 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Medical ethicists say it should share with other countries
3 years, 7 months ago

The US secured 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Medical ethicists say it should share with other countries

CNN  

CNN — With the coronavirus pandemic spiraling out of control in India and other developing regions, the United States this week committed to sharing 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries. “I do believe that the US is obligated to share vaccines with other countries,” said Keisha Ray, an assistant professor and bioethicist at UTHealth McGovern Medical …

Why don't you buy 100% of Covid-19 vaccines: Supreme Court's 10 questions to Centre
3 years, 7 months ago

Why don't you buy 100% of Covid-19 vaccines: Supreme Court's 10 questions to Centre

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre why it is not following the national immunisation programme policy in its Covid-19 vaccination drive where the Centre will buy all vaccines from the manufacturers. The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre how people who have no access to the Internet and can not read or write will register themselves on …

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 …

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