The World Health Organization has ended its talks on how protect the world from future pandemics without a deal, and it’s now up to governments to decide whether to extend the process.
Negotiators for developing countries refused to sign up to a deal that failed to guarantee their countries access to life-saving drugs and vaccines.
Higher-income countries, meanwhile, would not agree to force pharmaceutical manufacturers to give up their intellectual property rights in a pandemic.
https://www.politico.eu/article/world-health-organisation-pandemic-talks-end-without-deal-governments-to-decide-next-steps/
