As new coronavirus cases surge across India, overwhelming hospitals and crematories, calls are growing louder for wealthy countries to stop hoarding excess supply of COVID-19 … How Lifting Intellectual Property Restrictions Could HelpRead more
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Millions of Lives Are at Stake
Pressure is growing on the Biden administration to support a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-related medicines and vaccines at the World Trade … Millions of Lives Are at StakeRead more
U.S. Still Blocking the Push to Loosen WTO Rules on Vaccine Patents
As the pandemic’s death toll nears 2.5 million, stringent rules around intellectual property rights could be preventing much of the world from obtaining COVID-19 vaccines. … U.S. Still Blocking the Push to Loosen WTO Rules on Vaccine PatentsRead more
Don’t Let Drug Companies Create a System of Vaccine Apartheid
It has been over one year since the World Health Organization issued a Public Health Emergency of International Concern declaration for COVID-19. Yet despite pledges … Don’t Let Drug Companies Create a System of Vaccine ApartheidRead more
U.S. & Other Wealthy Nations Block Effort to Waive Vaccine Patent Rights
The United States and other wealthy members of the World Trade Organization have blocked a push by dozens of developing countries to waive patent rights … U.S. & Other Wealthy Nations Block Effort to Waive Vaccine Patent RightsRead more