Canadian firm seeks mandatory licence to produce COVID-19 vaccines for poorer countries

Canadian firm seeks mandatory licence to produce COVID-19 vaccines for poorer countries
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Glenn Lowson/The Globe and Mail
Whenever he needs motivation for his fight to expand vaccine production, John Fulton thinks of a family member: a 67-year-old woman in Kenya who died of COVID-19 this month.
“They tried to get her to hospital, but all the hospitals in her area were full,” said Mr. Fulton, a consultant at Biolyse Pharma in St. Catharines, Ont.

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