Moderna Sees COVID-19 Vaccine Surplus By 2022 If Constraints Ease

US Asked To Lift DPA Restrictions

Moderna, GSK and Bharat Biotech point to technology transfer, material shortages and manufacturing expertise as factors constraining COVID-19 vaccine supplies, rather than intellectual property rights. Meanwhile, Moderna's CEO forecasts a surplus of these vaccines by 2022.

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Complexities Of COVID-19 Vaccine Technology Transfer Limit Possible Partnerships • Source: Alamy

Galloping rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in countries including India and Brazil, and inequity caused by advance procurement and nationalism, have imparted an urgency to efforts to increase vaccine access.

While a move initiated by India and South Africa to improve supplies by waiving intellectual property (IP) rights relating to COVID-19 vaccines and therapies has the support of several countries, Nobel Prize winners and even 10 Democratic senators led by Bernie Sanders in the US, global vaccine makers see things differently

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