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EU parliament extends support to India-South Africa COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver EU Parliament extends support to India-South Africa for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver that will help in the large-scale production of the vaccine. EU parliament extends support to India-South Africa Share Updated: May 22, 2021, 10:19 AM IST In a move that will be widely welcomed, the European Parliament has decided to extend support to India-South Africa joint proposal for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver that will help in the large-scale production of the vaccines. Para 14 of the r...

The AIDS fight offers a COVID vaccine patent pathway Updated: Updated: May 22, 2021 07:30 IST There are recognised ways to overcome the patents hurdle, ensuring social justice and boosting the COVID-19 battle Share Article AAA There are recognised ways to overcome the patents hurdle, ensuring social justice and boosting the COVID-19 battle In order to achieve global herd immunity and prevent new strains of COVID-19 from emerging, possibly for years to come, vaccines need to be affordable and available in massive quantities throughout the globe. This can happen through patent owners volunta...

Global efforts for vaccination

How to help people around the world get vaccinated

After months of shameful right-wing stalling and delaying tactics, the European Parliament approved a resolution to tackle the AIDS epidemic which includes a Left demand for waiving intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines. The proposal championed by Left MEPs also demands the waiving of intellectual property rights for equipment and other treatments, urging pharmaceutical companies to share their knowledge and data through the World Health Organization COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP). “After months of intense campaigning, the Left group in the European Parliament has won a...