Biden administration to waive vaccine patent protection - The Washington Post

… "With this waiver, we can share vaccine recipes, largely developed with taxpayer dollars, while assuring reasonable royalties to American manufacturers," said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Tex.), who chairs the House Ways and Means health subcommittee and met with White House officials on the waiver last week…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/05/biden-waives-vaccine-patents/