The world needs a 'people's vaccine' for coronavirus, not a big-pharma monopoly | Helen Clark and Winnie Byanyima

AstraZeneca and others should not own a lucrative patent on a medicine that is needed by poor as well as rich nations•See all our coronavirus coverage• Helen Clark is a former prime minister of New Zealand and Winnie Byanyima is UN undersecretary generalTo bring an end to the pandemic, the world needs a vaccine. Promisingearly trial results for the vaccine developed by Oxford University suggest we ’re inching closer to discovering one.Related:Oxford offers best hope for Covid-19 vaccine this year, MPs toldContinue reading...
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