Vaccine patent waiver

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 * 11 Jun 2021, Politico.eu, European Commission increasingly isolated on covid patent waivers, French president Emmanuel Macron and the European Parliament endorsed making vaccines more available to the poor
 * 10 Jun 2021, Politico.eu, European Parliament backs patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines, With this vote, MEPs from a wide range of groups are upping pressure on the Commission to change its strategy of opposing an IP waiver.
 * 06 May 2021, Politico.eu, US shift on vaccines embarrasses Europe before India summit, Continent divided over Biden’s proposal for patent waiver but Berlin sounds skeptical.
 * 24 Apr 2021, Economist.com, How to think about vaccines and patents in a pandemic, Do public-health crises call for a departure from the rules?
 * 21 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, Why waiving patents might not boost global access to coronavirus vaccines, A controversial proposal for a waiver on intellectual property has pitted countries against one another.
 * 30 Mar 2021, Nature.com, It’s time to consider a patent reprieve for covid vaccines, The pandemic is not a competition between companies and will not end without more-equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
 * 21 Mar 2021, TheNewYorkTimes, Rich countries signed away a chance to vaccinate the World, Despite warnings, American and European officials gave up leverage that could have guaranteed access for billions of people. That risks prolonging the pandemic.