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Joint declaration on the importance of intellectual property rights in advancing equitable access to vaccines and therapeutics for pandemic preparedness
A coalition of 24 think tanks and civil society groups have come together to underline the importance of intellectual property rights in ensuring the world is prepared for future pandemics.
Fewer essential medicines on patent
Our analysis of patenting on the WHO’s latest Essential Medicine List (22nd edition, 2021) shows a decline in the percentage of patented medicines for the first time.
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Trade Secrecy and Covid-19
This policy brief documents how trade secrets have played a key role in enabling the innovation, investment and collaboration that has delivered Covid-19 vaccines in record time.
The role of intellectual property rights in preparing for future pandemics
Even though IP has played a crucial role in developing and manufacturing vaccines for the current pandemic, some are calling for IP to be waived to facilitate preparations for future pandemics.
A joint declaration on the importance of IPRs to Covid vaccine manufacturing scale-up and future pandemic preparedness
An international coalition of think tanks calls on governments to reject a proposal at the WTO to waive intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines.
The WTO Trips Agreement and Global Health Progress
The TRIPS agreement has brought huge economic and health benefits – not least the creation and production of innovative Covid vaccines and therapeutics in record time.
How Tariffs Impact Access to Medicines
Import duties on pharmaceutical manufacturing inputs such as APIs cost patients US$1.2bn in the US and US$1.1bn in the EU, find Philipp Lamprecht and Matthias Bauer in this new Geneva Network working paper.
Why protect Biopharma regulatory data?
An important intellectual property right that can drive investment into Gulf cooperation council countries.
