Regarding the suspension of patent rights required by developing countries to secure vaccines for the new coronavirus, EU-European Union leaders said that "suspension of patent rights will not solve the problem" and export vaccines rather than suspension of patent rights. He expressed his belief that the expansion of the is more important.
The EU held a summit meeting on the 7th to discuss countermeasures against the new coronavirus.
At a press conference after the meeting, EU Chairman Von der Leyen said he was ready to discuss the suspension of patent rights for the new coronavirus vaccine, but said, "Even if the patent is suspended, the vaccine will be suspended in the short and medium term. It will not lead to supply and will not be a solution, "he emphasized that it is more important for vaccine-producing countries to expand their exports.
French President Emmanuel Macron also said, "Even if you give a patent to a pharmaceutical company that does not know how to make a vaccine, it will not be possible to make it from the next day." "Anglo-Saxon is blocking the export of vaccines and their raw materials." He called on the United States and the United Kingdom to expand vaccine exports.
Regarding the vaccine for the new coronavirus, the WTO = World Trade Organization is discussing whether to temporarily suspend the patent right of the vaccine in order to expand the supply to developing countries, and the US government has suspended the patent right. I have stated that I support it.