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‘No barriers should stand in way of equitable access to vaccines’
May 07, 2021
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation took a U-turn on its earlier statement on Covid-19 vaccine patent protections, and said on Friday that no barriers should stand in the way of equitable access to vaccines.
“No barriers should stand in the way of equitable access to vaccines, including intellectual property, which is why we are supportive of a narrow waiver during the pandemic. Those negotiations will occur via the WTO process, led by country negotiators,” said the foundation in a statement.
The statement comes just a few days after Bill Gates said that it was not a good idea to share intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines with developing countries like India.
RSS affiliate protests Bill Gates position on vaccine patent waiver
The protestors asked the government to license vaccine production widely to more pharma companies with technological capabilities, instead of a few companies, provide regulatory clearance to start local production of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
Joe C Mathew | May 7, 2021 | Updated 20:06 IST
Protesters were carrying placards deploring Bill Gates statement and favouring patent free access to vaccine and medicines
RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) organised online and offline protests against Bill Gates and Bill Melinda Gates Foundation against the Microsoft co-founder s reported statement that he is not in favour of sharing vaccine formula with India and other developing countries. The Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman, in a statement issued in the US, said the Foundation wants no barriers to stand in the way of equitable access to vaccines, including intellectual property, which is why it supports a narro
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RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) urged the government to facilitate technology transfer of vaccines (Representative image)
NEW DELHI: Amid demand for a universal vaccination programme to fight Covid-19, the RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Friday urged the government to facilitate technology transfer of vaccines including trade secrets to all potential manufacturers. This they said would help to scale up production of both the vaccines - Covaxin and Covishield – which are being currently produced in India.
The SJM also pitched for providing regulatory clearance to start local production of Russian vaccine, Sputnik V, and urged the government to impose a ceiling on prices of Covid-19 medicines and vaccines taking into account the cost of production-based formula.