Sen. Daines Urges Biden Administration to Withdraw Support for COVID-19 IP Waiver
By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/21
Yesterday, Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) wrote to President Joseph Biden to share his concerns regarding the Biden Administration's support for waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines and urge the President to reconsider his position on the proposed waiver. In his letter, Sen. Daines (at right) asserted that "[s]uspending World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations to protect IP on COVID-19 vaccines would not only fail to significantly speed up vaccine distribution to the rest...
By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP