The European Union on May 6 backed a U.S. proposal to discuss waiving patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, but drugmakers and some other governments opposed the...
It's not clear whether the TRIPS agreement is what's getting in the way of vaccine supply, and waiving intellectual property rights may stifle future innovation.
The Biden administration is busy burnishing America’s global credentials. The U.S. Treasury wants an international approach to corporate tax. Meanwhile, climate change talks with other governments...
Increasing skills and the availability of raw materials would be a bigger boost for vaccine production right now.
Bill Gates Doubles Down On Opposition To "Open Vaccine" Movement Roughly one year after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation seized control of the global response...
Indian Vaccine Makers Jack Up Prices As Outbreak Worsens; 1st COVID "Triple Mutant" Identified India's surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, potentially driven by a convergence...
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Federal Report Cites Numerous Failures At Baltimore Vaccine Plant That Ruined 15M Doses Federal regulators on Wednesday have issued critical findings from their inspection of the...
New funding: At a moment when vaccines are on everyone’s mind, a Seattle-based biotech company that has an unusual approach to vaccine production has raised $100...
The global supply of Covid-19 vaccine is "incredibly tight" and the COVAX dose-sharing facility is unlikely to procure much more supply in 2021 than doses already...
India and South Africa are pressing the World Trade Organization to waive patent rights to help ramp up vaccine production. There's a better solution.
By Alfred Kammer Español, Français One year into the pandemic, Europe finds itself at another turning point. New waves of infection are hitting the continent, requiring...
The White House said on April 12 that it was prepared to send additional therapeutic treatments to the state of Michigan, which is experiencing a worrying...
US Colleges Push To Mandate Student Vaccinations Before Fall Semester Authored by Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times, A growing number of U.S. colleges are...
By Gita Gopinath عربي, Español, Русский It is one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and the global community still confronts extreme social and economic strain as the...
Blue States Lead US COVID Resurgence As "Double Mutant" Strains Discovered In California COVID cases continued to climb in the US over the holiday weekend, as...
By Guillaume Chabert, Robert Gregory, and Gaelle Pierre Many of the poorest countries in the world are facing the threat of a weak recovery, and setback...
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. said on April 4 that a key U.S. agency increased an order, related to the manufacturing of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, by...
Vaccine manufacturing is complex, with lots of potential points for errors. But it also has extensive quality control checks and approvals.
24 World Leaders Call For More Globalism In Wake Of Pandemic Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Twenty four world leaders have signed a letter...
The U.S. government will distribute 11 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 shot next week as the company continues to ramp up vaccine production to...
EU, UK End Vaccine Standoff With Deal To Foster "Reciprocally Beneficial Relationship" Update (1400ET): After more than a week of tensions, it looks like the EU...
Cuba's access to internationally produced vaccines was nearly impossible due to the U.S. blockade. Its decision to make its own vaccines stands to pay off handsomely.
Backlash As Rich Countries Vaccinate A Person Per Second With Poor Nations Alleging "Vaccine Apartheid" Authored by Jake Johnson via CommonDreams.org, The governments of the world's wealthiest...
Europe's COVID Vaccine Rollout Faces Even More Delays The European Union's notoriously fraught vaccine-rollout effort is about to go from bad to worse. Earlier today, a...
Novavax Covid-19 vaccine was 96% effective in preventing cases caused by the original version of the coronavirus in a late-stage trial conducted in the UK
One year ago today, on March 11, 2020, the WHO declared Covid-19 to be a global pandemic. That night, the NBA cancelled a...
One year ago today, March 11, 2020, the WHO declared Covid-19 to be a global pandemic. The NBA cancelled its season, other sports soon...
Manufacturing capacity and ingredients shortages are the main bottlenecks to expanding Covid-19 vaccine production, several global drug groups said on March 9, not patents that some...
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release its latest jobs report on the state of the labor market for February 2021, exactly one...