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 to mass produce COVID-19 vaccines developed in the United States and Europe. “While we agree with the parties’ purported objectives of expanding distribution as rapidly as possible, we believe eliminating those protections would not advance that goal and may even serve to delay global distribution of vaccines.” The draft praises Biden for refusing to grant the waiver thus far and claims that acceding to developing countries’ demands would actually jeopardize global efforts to manufacture 10 billion vaccine doses by the end of this year. “Intellectual property protections have hastened the development of new COVID vaccines and treatments in record time.” - Draft of letter being circulated by Reps. Scott Peters and Ron Kind In addition, current vaccine production capacity does not appear to be on track to meet global demand. Notwithstanding the pair’s letter, support for a temporary waiver on the WTO’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or patent rules is growing among Democrats in Congress.

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Amend the Patents Act to execute TRIPS waiver
2 years, 5 months ago

Amend the Patents Act to execute TRIPS waiver

Hindustan Times  

The recently concluded 12th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization saw the adoption of a decision that waives certain provisions of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement to expedite the production and supply of Covid-19 vaccines. Specifically speaking about India, while the TRIPS waiver talks about a plethora of mechanisms for its implementation, amending relevant Indian laws …

每日一词∣新冠疫苗知识产权豁免 waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents
2 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣新冠疫苗知识产权豁免 waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents

China Daily  

6月12日至17日在瑞士日内瓦举行的世界贸易组织第12届部长级会议就新冠疫苗知识产权豁免达成部长决定。商务部称，在会议谈判的关键阶段，作为新冠疫苗生产和供应大国，中国主动宣布不寻求享受豁免决定所提供的灵活性，彰显了大国担当。 A major decision on the waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines was made at the World Trade Organization's Ministerial Conference Twelfth Session from June 12 to 17 in Geneva, Switzerland. At a pivotal stage of MC12 negotiations, China, as a major producer and a supplier of COVID-19 vaccines, announced that it will forego the flexibility of the …

每日一词∣新冠疫苗知识产权豁免 waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents
2 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣新冠疫苗知识产权豁免 waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents

China Daily  

6月12日至17日在瑞士日内瓦举行的世界贸易组织第12届部长级会议就新冠疫苗知识产权豁免达成部长决定。商务部称，在会议谈判的关键阶段，作为新冠疫苗生产和供应大国，中国主动宣布不寻求享受豁免决定所提供的灵活性，彰显了大国担当。 A major decision on the waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines was made at the World Trade Organization's Ministerial Conference Twelfth Session from June 12 to 17 in Geneva, Switzerland. At a pivotal stage of MC12 negotiations, China, as a major producer and a supplier of COVID-19 vaccines, announced that it will forego the flexibility of the …

每日一词∣新冠疫苗知识产权豁免 waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents
2 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣新冠疫苗知识产权豁免 waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents

China Daily  

6月12日至17日在瑞士日内瓦举行的世界贸易组织第12届部长级会议就新冠疫苗知识产权豁免达成部长决定。商务部称，在会议谈判的关键阶段，作为新冠疫苗生产和供应大国，中国主动宣布不寻求享受豁免决定所提供的灵活性，彰显了大国担当。 A major decision on the waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines was made at the World Trade Organization's Ministerial Conference Twelfth Session from June 12 to 17 in Geneva, Switzerland. At a pivotal stage of MC12 negotiations, China, as a major producer and a supplier of COVID-19 vaccines, announced that it will forego the flexibility of the …

WTO Meeting: Fishing, Patent, Agriculture; Know What All Was Discussed And Outcomes
2 years, 6 months ago

WTO Meeting: Fishing, Patent, Agriculture; Know What All Was Discussed And Outcomes

News 18  

Even as the 12th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization has concluded, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India is 100 per cent satisfied with the outcome of the conference and “there is no issue for which we need to return to India with any kind of worry”. The WTO’s 164 member countries have finally signed …

WTO talks face deadlock over decision on patent waiver, fisheries subsidies
2 years, 6 months ago

WTO talks face deadlock over decision on patent waiver, fisheries subsidies

The Hindu  

Talks at the World Trade Organisation conference hit a fresh hurdle late on Thursday with a group of countries blocking a decision on two crucial issues, temporary patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and eliminating harmful subsidies to promote sustainable fishing, sources said. While the UK and Switzerland are said to be obstructing an agreement on TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, …

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. …

Patent rights on COVID-19 vaccines may be waived for five years
2 years, 9 months ago

Patent rights on COVID-19 vaccines may be waived for five years

The Hindu  

Intellectual property rights held by international pharmaceutical companies on COVID-19 vaccines may be relaxed for up to five years, according to a proposal by the European Union in the backdrop of a festering two-year-old dispute at the World Trade Organisation involving India, U.S., South Africa and the EU. This reprieve will, however, not apply to COVID-19 drugs and diagnostic devices, …

WTO chief welcomes COVID vaccine patent waiver plan
2 years, 9 months ago

WTO chief welcomes COVID vaccine patent waiver plan

Al Jazeera  

Waiver will need the backing of the 164 members of the WTO, which takes decisions based on consensus. The World Trade Organization has praised a provisional deal to waive patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines after more than a year of deadlock, though drugmakers said the move risked undermining the industry’s ability to respond to future health crises. We have more …

‘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 …

Biden calls for intellectual property waivers on COVID vaccines
3 years ago

Biden calls for intellectual property waivers on COVID vaccines

Al Jazeera  

World Trade Organization negotiations over waivers are currently deadlocked amid opposition by some wealthy nations. US President Joe Biden has called on countries attending a World Trade Organization meeting next week to waive intellectual property protections on coronavirus vaccines, as international concern is rising over a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa. Concerns about the new variant’s potential spread …

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 …

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 …

COVID 19 And Vaccine Equity. What Can Be Done?
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID 19 And Vaccine Equity. What Can Be Done?

Live Law  

The world is in a state of a global health emergency, where societies, economies, and livelihoods worldwide are in a dire situation.Globally as of 5th June 2021 there have been 172,242,4965 confirmed cases of COVID-19 including 3,709.397 death reported to WHO. This is obviously because the proposed waiver is likely to have two important trigger effects to ensure vaccine equity., …

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 …

G20 snubs Covid patent waiver, waters down pledge on WHO's funding
3 years, 7 months ago

G20 snubs Covid patent waiver, waters down pledge on WHO's funding

India Today  

Leaders of the world’s largest economies back “voluntary licensing” of Covid-19 vaccine patents, the draft conclusions of a summit show, watering down a US push for waivers and earlier commitments to supply more funds to the World Health Organisation. The draft document, seen by Reuters, lists commitments of G20 nations and other countries and is to be adopted on Friday …

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 …

Will US Covid vaccine patent waiver lead to more jabs in India? Not really
3 years, 7 months ago

Will US Covid vaccine patent waiver lead to more jabs in India? Not really

Hindustan Times  

Maya Johal, a 29-year-old schoolteacher in Delhi, booked herself for a coronavirus vaccine shot a week ago, but is still awaiting her turn. “For example, the underlying technology used to develop a vaccine can be protected by patents, while manufacturing methods and techniques can be protected by trade secrets,” wrote authors Mario Gaviria and Burcu Kilic in the first analysis …

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 …

What Biden's Support To TRIPS Waiver Proposal Means For The Fight Against Covid-19 Pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

What Biden's Support To TRIPS Waiver Proposal Means For The Fight Against Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

Joe Biden’s announcement on May 5, 2021, that the US intended to support the TRIPS waiver proposal was a startling change of tune to anyone familiar with the global pharmaceutical industry’s considerable political influence. A good-natured, trusting sort might say, “Look, developed countries funded and trusted Bill Clinton’s COVAX Initiative to vaccinate the developing world, but the recent surge in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Explained | What the easing of IP norms on Covid vaccines means for India
3 years, 7 months ago

Explained | What the easing of IP norms on Covid vaccines means for India

The Hindu  

The story so far In the wee hours of Thursday while most of India was asleep, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced its support for waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. While over 250 members of the European Parliament and member countries’ national parliamentarians backed the proposal in late March, last week, over 100 U.S. lawmakers wrote to President …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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