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by christkv 1867 days ago
That’s why Pfizer is behind the whole waving of intellectual property rights so they don’t have to pay Biontech a dime and why the German government is against the waving of rights.
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I'm curious, what country are you in? Pfizer is, in fact, against waving the IP rights. You can read it yourself in this letter from their CEO:

https://www.pfizer.com/news/hot-topics/why_pfizer_opposes_th...

Specifically this section:

Which brings me to the second question. Is the proposed waiver going to improve the supply situation or create more problems? And my answer is categorically the latter.