Developing Countries Unite Over Need for Binding Contracts with Pharma at Pandemic Talks

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Developing countries emphasized the importance of binding contracts with pharmaceutical companies in discussions at the eighth round of pandemic agreement talks. The contracts aim to establish standardized terms for pathogen access and benefit-sharing systems, ensuring clearer terms for handling dangerous pathogens.

Contracts, contracts, contracts. Virtually all the regional blocs that addressed the start of the eighth round of the pandemic agreement talks on Monday stressed that any pathogen access and benefit-sharing (PABS) system needs to include standard contracts with pharmaceutical manufacturers. These would set out the terms of accessing dangerous pathogens, as well as how to […]