Germany says production capacity, not patents, key to upping vaccine output

  • 5/7/2021
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The main challenge to raising production of COVID-19 vaccines is how to quickly and effectively transfer technology, Germany"s health minister said Friday, reiterating Berlin"s opposition to a U.S. proposal to waive patent protection. "The main issue is not patent protection but production capacity," Jens Spahn told a news conference on Friday. In a jab at the Biden administration, Spahn also said: "I would be delighted if the United States shows the same willingness to export vaccines that we in Germany do."

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