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Politico: EU pushes back on Biden plan to waive coronavirus vaccine patents

By Politico.

Published May 9, 2021. Updated May 9 at 5:46 am

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 24, 2021 empty vials of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine are pictured at a coronavirus vaccination centre at at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid.

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EU leaders have a question for the President of the United States about waiving vaccine patents: So, how exactly is this going to go, Joe? Joe Biden may have initially set Europe on its heels with his surprise proposal to suspend intellectual property rights, but at a European Council summit in Porto, Portugal, top EU officials pushed back hard.