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Pharma lobby groups set for clash over patent waiver for Covid vaccines
Charities will tell politicians that waiving intellectual property rights on vaccine production is the only way to improve vaccine equity
Pharmaceutical lobby groups and NGOs are expected to clash over the merits of a divisive proposal to waive intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines at a meeting with politicians tomorrow.
Oxfam, the anti-poverty charity, will argue that Ireland’s lack of support for the proposal – designed to enable poorer countries to produce their own vaccines – is “greatly damaging” the country’s reputation “as a champion of low-income countries”.
At a meeting of the Oireachtas enterprise ...
