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Brazil’s Bolsonaro sanctions compulsory licensing of vaccine patents; immediate enforcement unnecessary

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday, September 2, sanctioned the bill allowing the temporary compulsory licensing of patents on vaccines against Covid-19, medicines and diagnostic tests.

In the same statement in which he announced the sanction, the Presidential Palace said that compulsory licensing will not be enforced at this time.

According to the law, the measure will only be required should the company holding the patent "refuse or fail to meet local demand."

"Thus, it should be noted that this compulsory licensing will not be enforced at the current moment to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as . . .

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