Several remarkable statements on the #TRIPS IP waiver in this @IrishTimes interview w/Curevac investor Friedrich von Bohlen (FvB):
1) FvB - “Germany’s post-war constitution says that human life is inviolable, I’d say the same about intellectual property”
irishtimes.com/business/healt…
1) FvB - “Germany’s post-war constitution says that human life is inviolable, I’d say the same about intellectual property”
irishtimes.com/business/healt…
2) FvB sees US TRIPS waiver support as a trade war on Germany:
“For the first time in biotech history, two of the three [successful] firms are not from the US. I smiled a little bit [when I heard it]. If the firms were all American I don’t think we’d have had this proposal”
“For the first time in biotech history, two of the three [successful] firms are not from the US. I smiled a little bit [when I heard it]. If the firms were all American I don’t think we’d have had this proposal”
3) The reporter Derek Scally notes that German opposition to the TRIPS waiver may be implacable:
“After quiet conversations with the founders of BioNTech and Curevac, chancellor Angela Merkel – and other EU leaders – pushed back against the idea.”
“After quiet conversations with the founders of BioNTech and Curevac, chancellor Angela Merkel – and other EU leaders – pushed back against the idea.”
4) FvB shows some (vague) openness to voluntary licensing:
“Personally speaking I’d be ready to give a licence at no cost for a time if someone came from, I don’t know, Mongolia, & would like to produce for that region... Not for all time but for the particular purpose.”
“Personally speaking I’d be ready to give a licence at no cost for a time if someone came from, I don’t know, Mongolia, & would like to produce for that region... Not for all time but for the particular purpose.”
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