A group of developing countries, backed by U.N. agencies and activist groups, is pushing to limit patent protections for Covid vaccines being tested by some of the world’s biggest drug firms so that cheaper copies can be made for poorer nations
A group of developing countries, backed by United Nations agencies and activist groups, is pushing to limit patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines being tested by some of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies so that inexpensive copies can be produced for poorer nations.
South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Pakistan and others argue they won’t be able to afford to protect their people without lower-cost, generic alternatives to the vaccines now being tested by companies such as Pfizer Inc., AstraZeneca PLC and Moderna Inc. That stance puts the countries at odds with the pharmaceutical industry, which says it supports wide distribution of the vaccines but warns that allowing drugs to be copied would undermine innovation and raise the risk of unsafe vaccines.
Albert Bourla, chief executive of Pfizer, has said calls to sidestep patent protections for Covid-19 vaccine are nonsense, and dangerous.to secure supplies of Covid-19 vaccines. Even before the drugs are fully tested, richer countries have struck deals worth billions of dollars to buy up much of the known manufacturing capacity.
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