TamilMerkel defends patent protection for Covid vax
25 June 2021, 2:12 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the last session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag before federal elections, in Berlin, Germany, June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended patent protection for Covid-19 vaccines in a government statement in the Bundestag or the lower house of Parliament.
“A politically enforced release of patents is, in my opinion, the wrong way to go,” Merkel said on Thursday.
She said she was convinced that “we need to increase the production of vaccines on the basis of licenses as quickly as possible”.
The world will “continue to depend on vaccines being developed in the future”, Merkel said in the German government’s statement on the June 24-25 European Council meeting in Brussels.
“This will only succeed if the protection of intellectual property is not overridden but is preserved.”
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