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WASHINGTON, May 6 International support grew today for a US proposal to waive patents on much-needed coronavirus vaccines, as India posted record deaths and infections from a catastrophic wave swamping the country.
Rich nations have faced accusations of hoarding shots while poor countries struggle to get inoculation programs off the ground, with the virus surging across the developing world in contrast to the easing of restrictions in Europe and the United States.
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The troubled Tokyo Games may get a boost from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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US-Germany Rift Could Scupper Vaccine Patent Waiver By Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus
05/06/21 AT 7:05 PM
A bold US bid to waive patents on much-needed coronavirus vaccines was strongly opposed by Germany on Thursday, threatening to derail the proposal that requires the consensus of World Trade Organization members to pass.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla meanwhile told AFP his company was not at all in favor of the measure, insisting intellectual property is not the main roadblock to more production and that building new plants would be counterproductive. Under intense pressure to ease protections for vaccine manufacturers, the United States threw its weight behind a waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines Photo: AFP / SAUL LOEB