G20 Finance Ministers and Health Ministers' Meeting September 18, 5:47 to help developing countries obtain therapeutic agents
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G20 = Finance ministers and health ministers from 20 major countries will hold a video conference on the night of the 17th, and it is important to have a framework that makes developing countries affordable if a drug or vaccine for the new coronavirus is developed. I agreed with the recognition that it was.
The G20 Finance Minister and Health Minister's video conference was held from around 8 pm on the 17th of Japan time, and was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso and Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura from Japan.
At the conference, we will prepare for a pandemic of the new coronavirus again, and if therapeutic drugs and vaccines are developed, we will make them available at affordable prices even in developing countries without financial resources. Opinions were exchanged on the framework.
Japan is leading the debate on creating this framework, and Minister Aso said, "Private companies are competing for vaccine development all over the world, but patents on it are reflected in the price of drugs, so people who can not buy it It will come out. Japan is proposing that one pharmaceutical company will not make huge profits from monopoly, and we will continue to consider ways to support it. "
In a joint statement after the meeting, the G20 countries agreed on the importance of creating a framework to support developing countries, and we will continue to discuss it.