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Africa: House Democrats Press Biden for TIPS Patent Waiver to Boost Covid Vaccine Production

May 4, 2021
A majority of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to President Biden calling for a waiver to allow other countries, many in poor regions of the world, to manufacture their own doses of the COVID-19 vaccines that have been created by pharmaceuticals companies funded by U.S. taxpayers. The letter was