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High court: Congress erred in patent dispute board setup

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Congress erred when it set up a board to oversee patent disputes by failing to...

WTO to intensify talks over protections of COVID-19 vaccines

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GENEVA — World Trade Organization member states agreed on Wednesday to intensify talks toward improving access to COVID-19 products, as developing nations push for...

WTO panel considers easing protections on COVID-19 vaccines

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GENEVA — Envoys from World Trade Organization member nations are taking up a proposal to ease patents and other intellectual property protections for COVID-19...

Pfizer-BioNTech pledge 2B doses to less wealthy nations

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ROME — American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German company BioNTech pledged Friday to deliver 2 billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to middle- and...

Beyond vaccines, UNESCO seeks share more global science

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PARIS — While the U.S. president is calling for suspending patents on COVID-19 vaccines, experts at UNESCO are quietly working on a more ambitious...

Biden move to share vaccine designed to spread US influence

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WASHINGTON — It won’t speed the manufacture of vaccines. It enraged the developers who delivered lifesaving doses in record time. But President Joe Biden’s...

EU says US stand on patent virus waiver is no ‘magic bullet’

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PORTO, Portugal — European Union leaders cranked up their criticism of the U.S. call to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents Saturday, arguing the move would...

WTO chief: Vaccine waiver helpful, not key for virus fight

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GENEVA — The head of the World Trade Organization said Friday the U.S. administration’s call to remove patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines could help...

EU says patent waiver idea misses point of vaccine shortage

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PORTO, Portugal — European Union leaders said Friday that the most pressing impediments to COVID-19 vaccine supplies are not intellectual property rights but export...

Biden move to share vaccine designed to spread US influence

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WASHINGTON — It won’t speed the manufacture of vaccines. It enraged the developers who delivered lifesaving doses in record time. But President Joe Biden’s...