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Not a moment too soon!!!!!! cloudythescribbler May 2021 #1
+1000 Gaugamela May 2021 #2
I agree with the "from the start" part Shermann May 2021 #5
The Pharma companies got billions in advance from the government, the basic research was Gaugamela May 2021 #7
Agreed, and well said! nt crickets May 2021 #23
Oh, ughh. How about coming up with something quick like very real soon? progree May 2021 #3
That's because of all the patent law BumRushDaShow May 2021 #6
None of this crap can be cut through by government edict? Like what if this was WWII and progree May 2021 #9
Well remember there was an agreement put in place for Merck to work with J&J on the Janssen vaccine BumRushDaShow May 2021 #10
" they are going to be injected (or ingested) in a human being" progree May 2021 #12
When you're talking about mRNA or virus-based vectors BumRushDaShow May 2021 #13
Quality in manufacturing and patent protection are two different issues. The patent protection progree May 2021 #14
They are related BumRushDaShow May 2021 #16
You are talking about manufacturing quality and following the recipe exactly. That has nothing to do progree May 2021 #17
The issue is patents, which involve proprietary products/processes, and whether to waive the patents BumRushDaShow May 2021 #18
"I think you were arguing 'cut the red tape and just make it' and it's not that easy." progree May 2021 #19
I really don't think it's going to take that long BumRushDaShow May 2021 #20
I saw the WTO and WHO stuff in the OP - that's what my question originally was about progree May 2021 #21
Well that might not be anything that we can control BumRushDaShow May 2021 #22
Profit above all else. That ends up in some companies having more interesting in taking lives... Lancero May 2021 #11
Precisely /nt progree May 2021 #15
It will be interesting to see if this ends up in court JohnSJ May 2021 #4
Immediate thoughts: Which patents? All of them? If Biden can persuade pharmaceuticals who used the ancianita May 2021 #8
They should tread carefully. Also, any generic Covid vaccines would be a year away... NurseJackie May 2021 #24
Covid: Germany rejects US-backed proposal to waive vaccine patents muriel_volestrangler May 2021 #25
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