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That’s why Pfizer is behind the whole waving of intellectual property rights so they don’t have to pay Biontech a dime and why the German government is against
by christkv 5y ago
That’s why Pfizer is behind the whole waving of intellectual property rights so they don’t have to pay Biontech a dime and why the German government is against the waving of rights.
- exhilaration 5y agoI'm curious, what country are you in? Pfizer is, in fact, against waving the IP rights. You can read it yourself in this letter from their CEO: https://www.pfizer.com/news/hot-topics/why_pfizer_opposes_the_trips_intellectual_property_waiver_for_covid_19_vaccines https://www.pfizer.com/news/hot-topics/why_pfizer_opposes_th... Specifically this section: Which brings me to the second question. Is the proposed waiver going to improve the supply situation or create more problems? And my answer is categorically the latter.