Hassan said the companies have treated the vaccines as a “commodity” rather than a public good, and she appealed to Biden to pressure the companies to voluntarily share their scientific discoveries — or face the temporary loss of their patents. “It’s really amazing to me that you have one of the most powerful countries in the world, and it can’t take on four CEOs,” Hassan added, charging that the leaders of Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and AstraZeneca have not done enough to make their coronavirus vaccines available to developing countries.

Source: Washington Post April 30, 2021 17:38 UTC