EU submits Covid-19 vaccine supply plan to WTO
The EU submits a plan to the World Trade Organization that it believes will more effectively broaden supply of Covid-19 vaccines than the intellectual property rights waiver
04 June 2021 - 13:52
Brussels — The EU submitted to the World Trade Organization on Friday a plan it believes will more effectively broaden supply of Covid-19 vaccines than the intellectual property (IP) rights waiver backed by the US.
India, SA and dozens of developing countries are demanding an IP rights waiver for Covid-19 vaccines and other treatments to address what they say is a “staggering inequity” in access to global public goods...
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