Coronavirus | WTO panel considers easing protections on vaccines
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Some European Union member countries oppose the idea, and the EU on Friday offered an alternative proposal that relies on existing World Trade Organization rules
Envoys from World Trade Organization member nations are taking up a proposal to ease patents and other intellectual property protections for vaccines to help developing countries fight the pandemic, an idea but opposed in other wealthy countries with strong pharmaceutical industries. On the table for a two-day meeting of a WTO panel opening Tuesday is a revised proposal presented by India and South Africa for a temporary IP waiver on coronavirus vaccines. The idea has drawn support from more than 60 countries, which now include the United States and China.More Related News
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