Waiving patents alone won't solve COVID-19 vaccine access: developers
Reuters
Published Mar 08, 2021 01:12PM ET
GENEVA (Reuters) - Waiving intellectual property rights will not be enough to resolve COVID-19 vaccine access issues, the developers of the Oxford/Astrazeneca and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines said on Monday, ahead of a meeting on the topic at the World Trade Organization this week.
"I don't think just making IP fully available goes anywhere close to solving the problem...," said the University of Oxford professor Sarah Gilbert at a World Health Organization virtual press conference.
BioNTech's Chief Medical Officer Dr Özlem Türeci said at the same briefing: "Patents are one thing, but there are so many other things we have to ensure."
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