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Developing Countries Push to Limit Patent Protections for Covid-19 Vaccines

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Developing Countries Push to Limit Patent Protections for Covid-19 Vaccines

A group of developing countries, backed by United Nations agencies and activist groups, is pushing to limit patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines being tested by some of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies so that inexpensive copies can be produced for poorer nations. South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Pakistan and others argue they won’t be able to … Read more

China Injects Hundreds of Thousands With Experimental Covid-19 Vaccines

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China Injects Hundreds of Thousands With Experimental Covid-19 Vaccines

A Chinese pharmaceutical company has injected hundreds of thousands of people with experimental Covid-19 vaccines, as its Western counterparts warn against administering mass vaccinations before rigorous scientific studies are complete. China National Biotec Group Co., a subsidiary of state-owned Sinopharm, has given two experimental vaccine candidates to hundreds of thousands of people under an emergency-use … Read more