America seems to have woken up. It wants to share vaccines and waive vaccine patents. After hoarding them for months, it now wants to play the good guy. Watch: When the US had announced support for patent waivers, pharma lobbyists both in America and Europe had issued statements slamming the move.

How big pharma is trying to block vaccine patent waivers

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed the support of the United States administration for a temporary and targeted waiver of intellectual property protections that applies to COVID-19 vaccines.

South African President Ramaphosa welcomes US support for waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents

The Biden administration on Wednesday decided to back the India-led fight for a global waiver on patent protections for coronavirus vaccines. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said though intellectual property rights are important for businesses, Washington "supports the waiver of those protections for COVID-19 vaccines".

US backs India-led fight to waive Covid vaccines patents