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BERLIN German officials will discuss a reported U.S. attempt to secure the rights to any coronavirus vaccine developed by a German pharmaceutical company in crisis meetings on Monday, the country's interior minister said, amid concerns that the Trump administration was trying to monopolize the market.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, when asked to confirm a report the Trump administration was attempting to secure exclusive rights to any vaccine created by the German biopharmaceutical firm CureVac, said he had heard from several other members of government today that is the case.
Germanys Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported Sunday that the administration wanted to secure the rights and move research and development to the United States. The vaccine would be developed only for the USA, the newspaper said.
Seehofer said the issue would be discussed in Mondays regular coronavirus crisis committee meeting, which also includes representatives of the health ministry and Chancellor Angela Merkels office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/germany-coronavirus-curevac-vaccine-trump-rights/2020/03/15/8d684c68-6702-11ea-b199-3a9799c54512_story.html?fbclid
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)it's what he does. Bunkering down until November when we vote this dangerous criminal out of our lives!
EarthFirst
(2,905 posts)Hopefully nothing is held back; and the full context of the attempted acquisition is exposed in broad daylight for was a POS he is...
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Republicans only care about their pockets. Look at McTurtle delaying the coronavirus bill to later this week because the Republicans don't like it.
ZenDem
(442 posts)Horrible, disgusting and evil. I'm hoping this was false or a misunderstanding, but I won't be shocked if I hear it's been substantiated.
I'm so embarrassed by this administration.
lame54
(35,329 posts)You go in to get your Covid-20 vaccination and the dr. is filling a syringe from a vial that reads Trump Vaccine.
Do you let him stick you?
Coventina
(27,215 posts)And then someone takes the launch codes away from Trump.
Crunchy Frog
(26,676 posts)Created an international incident with one of our close allies, and you can't even blame Obama.