上次是WHO呼吁，这次是大量世界政要名流炸药奖得主再次呼吁，拜登想必也亚历山大，不想背负骂名吧。 https://www.ft.com/content/43fd53f5-2b82-4e41-981c-8544a6ce996b Former world leaders call on Biden to suspend Covid-19 vaccine patents Gordon Brown one of 175 figures urging action to boost inoculation rates in the developing world
A group of 175 former world leaders and Nobel laureates is urging the US to take “urgent action” to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines to help boost global inoculation rates. A measure to allow countries to temporarily override patent rights for Covid-related medical products was proposed at the World Trade Organization by India and South Africa in October, and has since been backed by nearly 60 countries. Doing so would allow developing countries to make their own copies of the vaccines that have been developed by pharmaceutical companies without fear of being sued for intellectual property infringements. “A WTO waiver is a vital and necessary step to bringing an end to this pandemic. It must be combined with ensuring vaccine knowhow and technology is shared openly,” the signatories, comprising more than 100 Nobel prizewinners and over 70 former world leaders, wrote in a letter to US president Joe Biden, seen by the Financial Times. They added a waiver in tandem with other measures would “expand global manufacturing capacity, unhindered by industry monopolies that are driving the dire supply shortages blocking vaccine access”. Recommended Covid-19 vaccines Covid-19 vaccine tracker: the global race to vaccinate While wealthier countries have access to doses of Covid vaccines and are increasing vaccination programmes for their populations, developing economies have so far had more limited access to doses. Former leaders who signed the letter included Gordon Brown, former UK prime minister; François Hollande, former French president; Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR; and Yves Leterme, former Belgian prime minister. Hollande branded the inequality in access to vaccines “an unbearable political and moral situation”, that was “economic nonsense”. The individuals who signed the letter, including Nobel laureates in economics as well as from across the arts and sciences, warned that inequitable vaccine access would impact the global economy and prevent it from recovering. “The world saw unprecedented development of safe and effective vaccines, in major part thanks to US public investment,” the group wrote. “We all welcome that vaccination rollout in the US and many wealthier countries is bringing hope to their citizens.” “Yet for the majority of the world that same hope is yet to be seen. New waves of suffering are now rising across the globe. Our global economy cannot rebuild if it remains vulnerable to this virus.” Latest coronavirus news Follow FT's live coverage and analysis of the global pandemic and the rapidly evolving economic crisis here. The group warned that fully enforcing IP was “self-defeating for the US” as it hindered global vaccination efforts. “Given artificial global supply shortages, the US economy already risks losing $1.3tn in gross domestic product this year.” US business groups, including pharmaceutical industry representatives, have urged Biden to resist supporting a waiver to IP rules at the WTO, arguing that the proposal led by India and South Africa was too “vague” and “broad”. The US has previously opposed a waiver for Covid-19 products, along with the UK, EU and Switzerland. The US trade representative’s office said late last month that it was “exploring every avenue” and “evaluating the efficacy” of the proposal to waive so-called Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Katherine Tai, US trade representative, told a WTO meeting on vaccine equity on Wednesday that both the government and the private sector would need to do their part to “live up to” the “spirit” of the Trips agreement, which was born out of the HIV crisis. “We hope to hear more today about how the market once again has failed in meeting the health needs of developing countries,” Tai said. “As part of that we have to consider what modifications and reforms to our trade rules might be necessary to reflect what we have learned.” Countries already have the ability to make their own generic versions of branded drugs and vaccines by issuing so-called compulsory licenses under the WTO Trips agreement, but so far none has for Covid-19 products. Recommended Coronavirus economic impact Countries set to pay economic price for failing to control Covid Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, told the FT that the compulsory license rule already in place indicated that the principles of pausing patents in emergencies had been accepted by the international community. However, developing countries have often been reluctant to take advantage of the compulsory license option for fear of diplomatic blowback, he said. “Historically, the US has always threatened countries that have used it,” Stiglitz said. “So we’ve agreed to it, but we undermine it.” He said governments had made funding available for research into vaccines, and that pharmaceutical companies had “already made their profit”. “And we know that next time something like this happens, the government will come forward and help pay for the development of the vaccines because the economic trade-off between the loss of trillions versus a few billions of dollars for research is a no brainer.”
上次是WHO呼吁，这次是大量世界政要名流炸药奖得主再次呼吁，拜登想必也亚历山大，不想背负骂名吧。 https://www.ft.com/content/43fd53f5-2b82-4e41-981c-8544a6ce996b Former world leaders call on Biden to suspend Covid-19 vaccine patents Gordon Brown one of 175 figures urging action to boost inoculation rates in the developing world
A group of 175 former world leaders and Nobel laureates is urging the US to take “urgent action” to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines to help boost global inoculation rates. A measure to allow countries to temporarily override patent rights for Covid-related medical products was proposed at the World Trade Organization by India and South Africa in October, and has since been backed by nearly 60 countries. Doing so would allow developing countries to make their own copies of the vaccines that have been developed by pharmaceutical companies without fear of being sued for intellectual property infringements. “A WTO waiver is a vital and necessary step to bringing an end to this pandemic. It must be combined with ensuring vaccine knowhow and technology is shared openly,” the signatories, comprising more than 100 Nobel prizewinners and over 70 former world leaders, wrote in a letter to US president Joe Biden, seen by the Financial Times. They added a waiver in tandem with other measures would “expand global manufacturing capacity, unhindered by industry monopolies that are driving the dire supply shortages blocking vaccine access”. Recommended Covid-19 vaccines Covid-19 vaccine tracker: the global race to vaccinate While wealthier countries have access to doses of Covid vaccines and are increasing vaccination programmes for their populations, developing economies have so far had more limited access to doses. Former leaders who signed the letter included Gordon Brown, former UK prime minister; François Hollande, former French president; Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR; and Yves Leterme, former Belgian prime minister. Hollande branded the inequality in access to vaccines “an unbearable political and moral situation”, that was “economic nonsense”. The individuals who signed the letter, including Nobel laureates in economics as well as from across the arts and sciences, warned that inequitable vaccine access would impact the global economy and prevent it from recovering. “The world saw unprecedented development of safe and effective vaccines, in major part thanks to US public investment,” the group wrote. “We all welcome that vaccination rollout in the US and many wealthier countries is bringing hope to their citizens.” “Yet for the majority of the world that same hope is yet to be seen. New waves of suffering are now rising across the globe. Our global economy cannot rebuild if it remains vulnerable to this virus.” Latest coronavirus news Follow FT's live coverage and analysis of the global pandemic and the rapidly evolving economic crisis here. The group warned that fully enforcing IP was “self-defeating for the US” as it hindered global vaccination efforts. “Given artificial global supply shortages, the US economy already risks losing $1.3tn in gross domestic product this year.” US business groups, including pharmaceutical industry representatives, have urged Biden to resist supporting a waiver to IP rules at the WTO, arguing that the proposal led by India and South Africa was too “vague” and “broad”. The US has previously opposed a waiver for Covid-19 products, along with the UK, EU and Switzerland. The US trade representative’s office said late last month that it was “exploring every avenue” and “evaluating the efficacy” of the proposal to waive so-called Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Katherine Tai, US trade representative, told a WTO meeting on vaccine equity on Wednesday that both the government and the private sector would need to do their part to “live up to” the “spirit” of the Trips agreement, which was born out of the HIV crisis. “We hope to hear more today about how the market once again has failed in meeting the health needs of developing countries,” Tai said. “As part of that we have to consider what modifications and reforms to our trade rules might be necessary to reflect what we have learned.” Countries already have the ability to make their own generic versions of branded drugs and vaccines by issuing so-called compulsory licenses under the WTO Trips agreement, but so far none has for Covid-19 products. Recommended Coronavirus economic impact Countries set to pay economic price for failing to control Covid Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, told the FT that the compulsory license rule already in place indicated that the principles of pausing patents in emergencies had been accepted by the international community. However, developing countries have often been reluctant to take advantage of the compulsory license option for fear of diplomatic blowback, he said. “Historically, the US has always threatened countries that have used it,” Stiglitz said. “So we’ve agreed to it, but we undermine it.” He said governments had made funding available for research into vaccines, and that pharmaceutical companies had “already made their profit”. “And we know that next time something like this happens, the government will come forward and help pay for the development of the vaccines because the economic trade-off between the loss of trillions versus a few billions of dollars for research is a no brainer.”
就冲着拜登连牛津疫苗都死抓着不放的抠门劲，让他suspend美国药厂的专利，想想也知道不可能。 Resistance has been fierce, however. In March, the US, UK, and the European Union all voted to block such a waiver from being granted, arguing that they need to preserve an economic incentive for the development of new medical technologies.
拜登says，US give the IP, Japan give technology, India give manufacturing, and produce vaccine to be distributed in third-world countries. it is US' diplomatic weapon to win hearts and mind, it won't be given out for free.
https://www.ft.com/content/43fd53f5-2b82-4e41-981c-8544a6ce996b
Former world leaders call on Biden to suspend Covid-19 vaccine patents Gordon Brown one of 175 figures urging action to boost inoculation rates in the developing world
A group of 175 former world leaders and Nobel laureates is urging the US to take “urgent action” to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines to help boost global inoculation rates. A measure to allow countries to temporarily override patent rights for Covid-related medical products was proposed at the World Trade Organization by India and South Africa in October, and has since been backed by nearly 60 countries. Doing so would allow developing countries to make their own copies of the vaccines that have been developed by pharmaceutical companies without fear of being sued for intellectual property infringements.
“A WTO waiver is a vital and necessary step to bringing an end to this pandemic. It must be combined with ensuring vaccine knowhow and technology is shared openly,” the signatories, comprising more than 100 Nobel prizewinners and over 70 former world leaders, wrote in a letter to US president Joe Biden, seen by the Financial Times.
They added a waiver in tandem with other measures would “expand global manufacturing capacity, unhindered by industry monopolies that are driving the dire supply shortages blocking vaccine access”. Recommended Covid-19 vaccines Covid-19 vaccine tracker: the global race to vaccinate While wealthier countries have access to doses of Covid vaccines and are increasing vaccination programmes for their populations, developing economies have so far had more limited access to doses.
Former leaders who signed the letter included Gordon Brown, former UK prime minister; François Hollande, former French president; Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR; and Yves Leterme, former Belgian prime minister. Hollande branded the inequality in access to vaccines “an unbearable political and moral situation”, that was “economic nonsense”. The individuals who signed the letter, including Nobel laureates in economics as well as from across the arts and sciences, warned that inequitable vaccine access would impact the global economy and prevent it from recovering.
“The world saw unprecedented development of safe and effective vaccines, in major part thanks to US public investment,” the group wrote. “We all welcome that vaccination rollout in the US and many wealthier countries is bringing hope to their citizens.” “Yet for the majority of the world that same hope is yet to be seen. New waves of suffering are now rising across the globe. Our global economy cannot rebuild if it remains vulnerable to this virus.” Latest coronavirus news Follow FT's live coverage and analysis of the global pandemic and the rapidly evolving economic crisis here.
The group warned that fully enforcing IP was “self-defeating for the US” as it hindered global vaccination efforts. “Given artificial global supply shortages, the US economy already risks losing $1.3tn in gross domestic product this year.” US business groups, including pharmaceutical industry representatives, have urged Biden to resist supporting a waiver to IP rules at the WTO, arguing that the proposal led by India and South Africa was too “vague” and “broad”. The US has previously opposed a waiver for Covid-19 products, along with the UK, EU and Switzerland. The US trade representative’s office said late last month that it was “exploring every avenue” and “evaluating the efficacy” of the proposal to waive so-called Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
Katherine Tai, US trade representative, told a WTO meeting on vaccine equity on Wednesday that both the government and the private sector would need to do their part to “live up to” the “spirit” of the Trips agreement, which was born out of the HIV crisis. “We hope to hear more today about how the market once again has failed in meeting the health needs of developing countries,” Tai said. “As part of that we have to consider what modifications and reforms to our trade rules might be necessary to reflect what we have learned.” Countries already have the ability to make their own generic versions of branded drugs and vaccines by issuing so-called compulsory licenses under the WTO Trips agreement, but so far none has for Covid-19 products. Recommended Coronavirus economic impact Countries set to pay economic price for failing to control Covid
Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, told the FT that the compulsory license rule already in place indicated that the principles of pausing patents in emergencies had been accepted by the international community. However, developing countries have often been reluctant to take advantage of the compulsory license option for fear of diplomatic blowback, he said. “Historically, the US has always threatened countries that have used it,” Stiglitz said. “So we’ve agreed to it, but we undermine it.” He said governments had made funding available for research into vaccines, and that pharmaceutical companies had “already made their profit”. “And we know that next time something like this happens, the government will come forward and help pay for the development of the vaccines because the economic trade-off between the loss of trillions versus a few billions of dollars for research is a no brainer.”
现在主要是生产问题吧，专利授权了也不见得能生产出来
民主党比较仁慈吧??
民主党 代表了美国的好人吧?
我记得以前都是发明者主动放弃专利的。这事儿跟拜登和美国政府无关啊。
把这个公司 收归国有吧!!
合并 为 美国国有制药厂吧!
我相信Biden很擅长搞一些形左实右的东西。表面上答应但是实际上会让各国付出一定代价。免费给专利或者疫苗，哪有那种好事？现在Biden政府应该赤字亏空很大吧。
复兴 算干什么的 他有技术？？？
他生产？ 有么？
他分销？ 从辉瑞买？
我都没弄清他到底干什么了？
Resistance has been fierce, however. In March, the US, UK, and the European Union all voted to block such a waiver from being granted, arguing that they need to preserve an economic incentive for the development of new medical technologies.
说白了还是自己国民的命不值钱，等着拜登去当冤大头。
鲁国有一道法律：如果鲁国人在外国见到同胞遭遇不幸，沦落为奴隶，只要能够把这些人赎回来帮助他们恢复自由，就可以从国家获得补偿和奖励。 孔子的学生子贡，把鲁国人从外国赎回来，但拒绝了国家的补偿。孔子说：“赐（端木赐，即子贡），你错了！向国家领取补偿金，不会损伤到你的品行；但不领取补偿金，鲁国就没有人再去赎回自己遇难的同胞了。” 子路救起一名溺水者，那人感谢他送了一头牛，子路收下了。孔子高兴地说：“鲁国人从此一定会勇于救落水者了。”
拜登says，US give the IP, Japan give technology, India give manufacturing, and produce vaccine to be distributed in third-world countries.
it is US' diplomatic weapon to win hearts and mind, it won't be given out for free.
同样的逻辑， 任何药物都不应该有专利， 因为都是治病救人的， 不但不能有专利， 生产厂家也也不应该收费， 这样才能保证穷人有药。 其实食物也不应该收费，毕竟收费导致有些人穷得吃不上饭。 衣服也不应该收费。 房子就更不应该了， 总之， 还是共产主义吧， 各取所需， zero dollar shopping.
不要脸啊…不能花点钱买吗？人家做疫苗也花了好多钱的…
官方的钱难道是‘官方’的，不是税款收入，不是我们纳税的钱？为啥不能够把这钱用于更好的基建设施？ 关键是，为啥要分享？他们没钱自己买吗？能用钱解决的事儿非要免费要。穷国可以给予人道主义，但是负担不起所有国民疫苗的国家一共多少，透明化，他们本国的财务报表拿出来，政要们有钱公费吃饭的国家先扣除这一部分费用。
真的不要脸 可以捐献疫苗，绝对不能放弃专利，想想去年那个韦德西韦那啥药放弃专利的后果吧，第一天就被国内注册了专利，回头自己生产然后天天说这药没用。
才知道这个抢专利的事，虽说意料之中，还是太卑鄙了。
我咋记得政府没有出钱搞研发，他们只是承诺如果做出来会买多少
的确，正儿八经的穷国不会要专利，会直接要疫苗，想要专利的大部分都是自己不想花钱搞科研或者花了钱也搞不出来的。