By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will continue to press for a waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines an.
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will continue to press for a waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines an.
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Canada Among Countries Raising Concerns Over US Move to Waive COVID-19 Patents
Patents lawyer sees no sound justification for Biden administration’s decision
The U.S. government’s decision to waive patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines is “self harm,” says an intellectual property (IP) lawyer. Canada is among those countries that have not announced support for the move, saying IP safeguards are not what’s preventing vaccine access.
The U.S. commitment is inexplicable from any sound perspective, whether it be charitable, self-interested, or foreign policy, says Richard Owens, who has specialized in business and commercial law, IP strategy, and patent and technology laws.
GENEVA (REUTERS) - The head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) laid out a series of actions on Wednesday (April 14) for countries and drug makers to increase production of coronavirus vaccines and share them more widely and fairly.
Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who became WTO director-general in March, called a closed-door meeting of producers, governments and others over inequitable access, with low-income countries administering just 0.2 per cent of 700 million global doses.
In her concluding remarks, Ms Okonjo-Iweala said that concerns over cross-border supply chains, including export curbs and shortages of skilled personnel, had reinforced her view that the WTO must play a central role in the response to the pandemic.