Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion

Mr. Dimitri Eynikel:

No, it was tabled before. Interestingly, the Moderna patents were filed and granted while Moderna does not sell its vaccine in South Africa. So they basically blocked the mRNA production and access in the country while the vaccine is not even available.