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Should patents on COVID-19 vaccines be suspended?

Doctors Without Borders is urging rich countries to take steps to allow more coronavirus vaccines to be produced around the world, including in developing nations, without fear of reprisal. Intellectual property rights prevent countries from making domestic versions of vaccines. Hundreds of Nobel laureates and 75 former world leaders have already signed a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden calling on him to suspend patents during the pandemic.