By Donald Zuhn — Last week, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (at right) to express their "grave concerns with the so called ‘compromise’ agreement to waive global intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines." Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the United States, European Union, India, and South Africa had reached an agreement on a waiver with respect to patents for COVID-19 vaccines (see "Compromise Reportedly Reached on COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver"). The waiver compromise, if approved by World Trade Organization (WTO) members, would allow "an…
