BREAKING: The United States and European Union have U-turned on pandemic intellectual property rules at WHO’s INB negotiations.

In a joint statement, they acknowledge their ‘obstructionist policies’, and commit to global health goals that deliver for all people.

#PandemicAccord



The US and EU acknowledge having prioritized protecting the pharma industry’s monopoly, with policies including:

- No public funding conditionalities for pharma products
- Failing to share technology or remove intellectual property barriers for publicly financed products.

BioNTech and the German govt pressured Twitter to censor critics calling for global access to COVID-19 vaccines, @lhfang reveals.

At a time when online activism was the only form of protest available to many, they tried to silence legitimate criticism. 1/
theintercept.com/2023/01/16/twi… It is yet more evidence of the remarkable campaign against vaccine equity activists, after this seminal investigation from @ashleighfurlong and @SamuelHorti 2/
politico.eu/article/covid-…