EU resists calls for patent waivers but agrees to transfer mRNA technology
- Date: 18-Feb-2022
- Source: Euronews
- Sector:Technology
- Country:Egypt
EU resists calls for patent waivers but agrees to transfer mRNA technology
The European Union has agreed to transfer mRNA technology to six African countries to help them produce African-made coronavirus vaccines at scale and bridge the inoculation gap with the West.
Messenger RNA is a novel and complex technique that teaches human cells how to make a protein that will trigger an immune response to a certain disease that enters the body, in this case, COVID-19