"Intellectual property cannot be an obstacle to ending Covid-19 and to ensuring equitable and universal access to vaccines," the Spanish government said in an informal policy paper circulated Thursday evening. Its view is that consensus must be "urgently found on the proposal for a temporary waiver."
Spain’s position sets the stage for a tense debate when EU leaders meet Friday evening to discuss their response to the pandemic. The country is at odds with Europe’s biggest economy as well as drugmakers, who warned that such a move will harm efforts to stem the pandemic.
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