Article Type: Medical advocacy

Flash quote: MSF statement on reported close talks between Canada and pharmaceutical companies over TRIPS Waiver

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MSF in Agok, South Sudan.

Reporting by Politico today suggests that the Canadian Government appears sympathetic to pharmaceutical industry objections to the TRIPS Waiver – a measure proposed at at the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive certain intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has time and again witnessed how monopoly rights […]

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MSF Response: Canada declares donation of 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

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Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine donation announcement at this weekend’s G7 Summit falls far short of Canada’s, and the world’s, commitment to ensuring equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said. 

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MSF responds to announcement of manufacturing plans for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine (NVX-CoV2373) in Canada

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MSF in Agok, South Sudan.

As Canada looks to expand its biomanufacturing capacity for vaccines and other health technologies, it’s essential we look not only at how best to meet domestic Canadian needs, but how to ensure this capacity will also help us respond to global unmet needs for COVID-19 and other vaccines. 

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