NIH Licenses Coronavirus Research Tools To WHO

By John Wilkerson / May 12, 2022 at 12:11 PM
President Joe Biden said Thursday (May 12) the United States licensed coronavirus medical technologies, including the stabilized spike protein, for WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool to use. Most covid vaccines depend on the National Institutes of Health’s spike protein technology, according to Public Citizen, which praised the announcement. “The announcement is a turn toward sharing not only doses, but knowledge, which is the difference between charity and justice,” Public Citizen Access to Medicines Director Peter Maybarduk said, though he criticized...


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