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Originally Posted by nomadking
Many countries do produce vaccines. Where is your evidence that anybody is being blocked from using any IP?
The EU has set up new sites and expanded existing ones. Their problem is they left it too late and/or are for vaccines not yet approved.
The world's third biggest vaccine maker, Sanofi of France, came up with duds. That will have delayed EU production massively. That was the "luck of the draw". AZ vaccine might have turned out to be a dud, as with Pfizer, Moderna, etc.
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I'm not sure the point you are arguing to be honest.
Clearly the manufacturers are holding exclusive rights over their own vaccines. This isn't surprising - it's industry standard.
Nobody can just open a plant in India, China or elsewhere and start making the vaccines at cost without infringing on the rights of Pfizer, Astrazenica, Moderna or anyone else who has a successful vaccine candidate.