Lift pandemic flu vaccine patents, says Argentina
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Executive Summary
Argentina's president, Cristina Fern�ndez de Kirchner, has called for patents on pandemic A (H1N1) flu vaccines to be temporarily lifted when they become available. However, this would do little to improve access to a vaccine in developing countries, says industry.
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