#BREAKING EU chief says ready to 'discuss' Covid vaccine patent waivers
#UPDATE European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Brussels is ready to discuss a US-backed proposal to waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines.
"The European Union is also ready to discuss any proposal that addresses the crisis in an effective and pragmatic manner"
#UPDATE European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Europe's priority will be to boost global supplies, and implicitly criticised the US and the UK for limiting vaccine exports
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#BREAKING French President Emmanuel Macron backs waiving Covid-19 vaccine patents
#BREAKING African Union hails US for 'remarkable' leadership on vaccine waiver
#UPDATE The Africa Union's health watchdog has praised the United States' support for a waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines as a "remarkable expression of leadership"
#BREAKING President Putin says supports Russia waiving patents on its Covid jabs
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he supported the idea of a waiver on patent protections for coronavirus vaccines as Russia registered its fourth virus jab called #SputnikLight u.afp.com/Umf5 #patentwaiver
#BREAKING Patents 'not the limiting factor' for Covid vaccine production: BioNTech
#UPDATE German firm #BioNTech said Thursday that #patent protection for Covid-19 vaccines is not holding back production or supply of the jabs it developed with Pfizer, in a tacit rejection of a US call to waive the protections u.afp.com/UmYZ #patentwaiver
#BREAKING World Trade Organization (WTO) head 'warmly welcomes' US vaccine patent waiver proposal
#BREAKING Pfizer CEO 'not at all' in favour of US vaccine patent waiver
#BREAKING Merkel's government says patent protection "must remain," according to spokeswoman
#UPDATE International support grew for a US proposal to waive patents on much-needed coronavirus vaccines, a move strongly opposed by pharmaceutical companies which said it wouldn't fix the supply problems u.afp.com/UmMs
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