Éric Baseilhac is a member of the Les Entreprises du Médicament organization.
For him, vaccine patents are intended to prevent people in need of resources or skills from appropriating vaccine recipes, which require specific technology and know-how.
He also considers that these patents encourage the researchers of tomorrow.
Sandra Lhote-Fernandez works within the Oxfam France association, and does not share this point of view.
She says that the lifting of vaccine patents would increase vaccine production and prevent certain laboratories from making a very significant profit to the detriment of the population, widening inequalities.
Discover their differences of opinion in this video, produced by our partner Brut.
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