Financial Times: Will a suspension of Covid vaccine patents lead to more jabs?
May 06, 2021
From the article:
Prashant Yadav, a supply chain expert at the Center for Global Development, said patents were unlikely to help in the next six months because of tight supplies but they could be useful to help set up a manufacturing network that could come online in 12 to 18 months.
“Activists are asking governments to support the proposal using the immediate opportunity — the time-sensitive burning platform — for what may be helpful in the medium to long term,” he said. He added that while vaccines are challenging to make, a waiver could spur greater equity in the distribution of an antiviral pill for Covid-19, such as the one that Merck is developing.