US backs patent waivers for Covid vaccine, but faces opposition at WTO
US backs patent waivers for Covid vaccine, but faces opposition at WTO Arul Louis (IANS) 0 The US has backed the request by India and South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive Intellectual Property rights for Covid-19 vaccines but it has been met with oppostion from some members of the body. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the decision on Wednesday saying that President Joe Biden's "administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for Covid-19 vaccines...