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'Immediately license all patents necessary for vaccine, drug production'
Updated On: 07 May, 2021 09:16 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Ramesh said that the issue of the amount of royalties could be decided in due course as laid out in the Patents Act but it should not come in the way of immediate licensing by the government.
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. Pic/AFP
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday urged the central government to immediately license all patents necessary for vaccine and drug production the way it was done in the United States.
"USA supports waiver of IP protections on Covid-19 vaccines. Here is an immediate 2-point agenda for increasing vaccine and medicine availability.
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