Biden's vaccine shift has risky side effects
Biden’s vaccine shift has risky side effects Removing vaccine patent protection may make pharma companies less keen to develop new treatments in the future Joe Biden’s vaccine revolution risks creating lingering ailments. The U S President’s decision to back removing intellectual property protections on Covid-19 jabs is a logical move, but practical difficulties mean it may not do much to help pandemic-ravaged countries. The danger is Big Pharma is less keen to develop new treatments in the next crisis. The US government had resisted a World Trade Organisation proposal to force drug com...