The European Commission’s New Compulsory Licensing Proposal: A Step Forward?
The EU’s effort to establish a Union compulsory license is a step toward harmonizing patent law and creating a more effective single market.

The EU’s effort to establish a Union compulsory license is a step toward harmonizing patent law and creating a more effective single market.

Even before the first wave peaked, doctors suggested the worst was over and that measures to control the virus were more dangerous than the virus itself.

Interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues from March 2023.

This article looks at the COVID-19 pandemic response in Argentina, with a particular focus on the judicial control of public health policies.

Recent articles emphasize the need to reform intellectual property protections for government-funded inventions of public health significance.

By declaring the pandemic over by fiat, the government is giving up the fight when they should be redoubling their efforts.

The public health establishment should take stock of itself and commit to better targeted and clearly justified employment of legal force.

The most promising path forward in public health is to continue recognizing federal authority and responsibility in this space.

Older federal health laws are on a downward spiral to address modern health problems, but the spiraling can reversed — if Congress acts.
