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former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who said to use Korea as an Asian vaccine hub country, this time stipulated that the mRNA corona vaccine is a public good. It also said that technology must be transferred to Korea, which can produce vaccines in a short period of time. Pfizer, modder or vaccine is the mRNA method.



Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung from Washington gave an exclusive interview once more.



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Tom Frieden, former CDC director, said it is positive that the US declared an intellectual property exemption for the corona vaccine, but it is a problem that it will take time to implement.



He emphasized that the pandemic can be ended only if the vaccine production know-how is transferred to the vaccine hub as soon as possible while minimizing backlash from pharmaceutical companies by ensuring adequate royalties.



[Tom Frieden/Former CDC Director: We need to transfer not only intellectual property rights, but also production technology. That way, vaccine production hubs can produce vaccines quickly.]



From the stage of development, astronomical taxes were incurred, and mRNA vaccines made using patented technologies from US government agencies are global public goods rather than private property of pharmaceutical companies.



[Tom Frieden/Former CDC Director: These vaccines are made with US taxpayers' taxes. Vaccines are a global public good.] Conscious of



this, Moderna declared in October last year that he would not claim a vaccine patent and would be willing to issue a vaccine IP license to the requesting company.



Former director Frieden stressed that Korea is the best country, saying that vaccine hubs are essential in other countries, even in case of an accident at a vaccine production facility in the United States.



[Tom Frieden/Former CDC Director: Korea has proven production capacity, abundant production manpower, and technical experts. There is a consensus that if a country says that a vaccine hub can be done in a short period of time, it will be Korea.]



Ahead of the Korea-US summit, President Moon Jae-in declared that it was encouraging that he would not spare any support to become a global vaccine hub.



The analysis of the vaccine talks between Korea and the United States is that the key to coordinating the interests of the United States, which should expand the supply of mRNA vaccines to Korea and Asian markets, which need a corona vaccine right away.



At the Korea-US summit on the 21st, it will be noted whether the two countries can produce concrete results that can win-win.



(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, Video editing: Jung Yong-hwa)