Unlocking the mRNA Platform Technology: Walking the Talk with Investment Protection
Recent articles emphasize the need to reform intellectual property protections for government-funded inventions of public health significance.
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Read more: Proposed Amendments Would Make Foreign Investment in India’s Biological Resources Easier Proposed Amendments Would Make Foreign Investment in India’s Biological Resources Easier
Indian lawmakers are currently debating amendments that would make it easier for foreign investors to develop products from native biological resources.
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Read more: Reclaiming Global Public Health Reclaiming Global Public Health
The promise of COVID vaccines has been unevenly realized: fault lines have emerged between those able to secure doses and those left behind.
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Read more: COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach
For COVID treatments and diagnostics to be broadly available at affordable prices, their IP must be considered a global public good.
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Read more: Decolonizing the Pandemic Treaty Through Vaccine Equity Decolonizing the Pandemic Treaty Through Vaccine Equity
Putting vaccine equity at the center of a pandemic treaty will already be a huge step towards global health’s decolonization.
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Read more: The Pandemic Treaty and Intellectual Property Sharing: Making Vaccine Knowledge a Public Good The Pandemic Treaty and Intellectual Property Sharing: Making Vaccine Knowledge a Public Good
The pandemic has laid bare the lack of regulation for the sharing of intellectual property needed for an effective and equitable response.
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Read more: Access-to-Medicines Activists Demand Health Justice During COVID-19 Pandemic Access-to-Medicines Activists Demand Health Justice During COVID-19 Pandemic
Activists in the access-to-medicines movement have mobilized to combat the threat of vaccine/therapeutic apartheid during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read more: The Prospects for an IP Waiver Under the TRIPS Agreement The Prospects for an IP Waiver Under the TRIPS Agreement
Going forward, practical solutions should focus on scaling up manufacturing and supply, and improving access and affordability.
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Read more: Q&A with Mason Marks on New Psychedelics Law and Regulation Initiative Q&A with Mason Marks on New Psychedelics Law and Regulation Initiative
“The project’s goal is to promote safety, innovation, equity, and accessibility in emerging psychedelics industries,” Marks explains.
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Read more: US Support for a WTO Waiver of COVID-19 Intellectual Property – What Does it Mean? US Support for a WTO Waiver of COVID-19 Intellectual Property – What Does it Mean?
An explanation of the WTO waiver of COVID-19 intellectual property, what the U.S. declaration of support means, and likely effects of the waiver.
