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WTO says negotiators made major steps on Covid vaccine patent waiver plan

March 17, 2022
in Central Africa, East Africa, Follow-ups, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
WTO says negotiators made major steps on Covid vaccine patent waiver plan

The South African researchers credited Moderna’s choice not to enforce its Covid vaccine patents for easing their way in working out how to copy its vaccine © Bloomberg

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The director general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says negotiators have made a major step towards a deal on waiving patents for coronavirus vaccines.

India and South Africa argue that waiving vaccine manufacturers’ intellectual property rights will boost production and get more jabs to poorer countries.

They’ve agreed with the US and the EU on the agreement’s key elements – but some details need to be fleshed out and all WTO members need to back it.

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Pharmaceutical firms have criticised the process, saying that weakening patents when supply constraints had eased is a mistake.

Source: BBC
Tags: coronavirus vaccinesNgozi Okonjo-IwealaWorld Trade Organization

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