US plans to back WTO jab IP waiver: Biden

By Andrea Shalal, Jeff Mason and David Lawder
Updated May 6 2021 - 8:04am, first published 8:01am
Several countries have blocked negotiations at the WTO about a plan to waive COVID-19 jab IP rights.
Several countries have blocked negotiations at the WTO about a plan to waive COVID-19 jab IP rights.

President Joe Biden has thrown his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries but angering pharmaceutical companies.

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