The pharmaceutical industry in Europe has attacked the US decision to come out in support of a relaxation of IP rights that is designed to boost global production of COVID-19 vaccines. But the move by the Biden administration could well cause other countries to rethink their opposition to the move.
Opposition to a proposed waiver of intellectual property rights to boost the global availability of COVID-19 vaccines appears to be weakening after the EU said it was willing to discuss the proposal in light of the US government’s ground-breaking decision to back the waiver.
The temporary waiver, which was first proposed last year by South Africa and India in a submission to the World...
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