The Indemnity Calculus For Covid-19 Vaccines, India’s Path Ahead

Legal experts discuss the intricacies around pharma’s demand for indemnity, a key sticking point for supplies of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, and the path forward for countries like India.

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To Indemnify Or Not, That Is the Question • Source: Alamy

Developing nations like India should consider consenting to pharma’s indemnity demand, albeit with sharp drafting of the nuances and secure supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, given that a large part of the population is yet to get inoculated, an assessment by legal and other experts contacted by Scrip suggests.

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