US TO SUPPORT PROPOSAL TO WAIVE INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY PROTECTIONS FOR COVID VACCINES

Highlights

• The Biden administration will now actively take part in negotiations for the text of the waiver at the World Trade Organization and encourage other nations to come out and support it

The United States has decided to support a proposal to waive intellectual-property protections for Covid-19 vaccines, becoming a part of an effort to increase global supply and access to the life-saving jabs as the gap between....