Vern Buchanan: “I want to thank you upfront for your leadership and service over a lot of years.”

The Biden administration's decision to waive IP protections for vaccines and potentially expand the therapeutics and diagnostics is setting a very dangerous precedent and opening the door for countries like China to steal our innovation.

I became involved with this issue after being contacted by one of my constituents, Kimberly Weaver, and learning of the heartbreaking and preventable death of her son, Army Specialist Nick Panipinto.

I also want to just echo what many of my colleagues have said, in terms of enforcement.

The government should do everything it can to foster an environment that promotes greater innovation and patient access to innovative care.