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Tue Sep 14

Australia has finally backed a plan to let developing countries make cheap COVID-19 vaccines — what matters is what it does next

Written by: Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University

Australia has finally backed a plan to let developing countries make cheap COVID-19 vaccines — what matters is what it does next

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After months of holding out, Australia has at last joined other members of the World Trade Organisation in backing a waiver of patents and other intellectual property rights on vaccines, treatments, diagnostic tests and devices needed to fight COVID-19.

The organisation’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects...

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