South Africa Ups The Ante On COVID-19 Vaccines IP Waiver
UK Is Under Pressure To Back The Proposal
Executive Summary
With the COVID-19 situation spiraling out of control in India, Brazil and other parts of the world, calls for the suspension of IP protections on coronavirus vaccines are growing louder. But the R&D based pharmaceutical industry insists a waiver is not the way forward.
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