US Backs Waiving Patents on COVID Vaccines

In a historic move, the US government has today announced its support for waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines, a measure aimed at boosting supplies so that people around the world can get the shots, says an article published in Nature.

“The extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures,” said US Trade Representative Katherine Tai in a statement.

Vaccines to make it Legal through Patents

The move comes on 5 May, the first of a two-day meeting of...

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Gilead Allege ‘Inappropriate Characterizations’ of Its COVID19 Drug Trial Data!

According to a Reuters report, a closely-watched Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O) experimental antiviral drug failed to help patients with severe COVID-19 in a clinical trial conducted in China, but the drugmaker said the findings were inconclusive because the study was terminated early.

Gilead shares closed down 4.3% after the data was inadvertently released and first reported by the Financial Times.

What is it?
 It comes days after another report detailed rapid recovery in fever and respiratory...

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