The European Commission says Covid-19 vaccines should be global public goods, but do their...
The European Commission has entered into advance purchase agreements (APAs) for Covid-19 vaccines with six pharmaceutical companies and is concluding negotiations with two companies....
The EU proposed Covid waivers of certain TRIPS rules are mostly meaningless
Since October 2020, discussions have been ongoing at the World Trade Organization’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council about a waiver of...
Ensuring that intellectual property rights aren’t a barrier to scaling-up: the remarkable example of...
This week various international bodies are tackling different challenges in meeting the urgent problem of scaling-up manufacture of and access to vaccines for Covid-19....
Medicines Law & Policy responds to US Health and Human Services Department request for...
On 12 December 2023 the US Health and Human Services Department (HHS) posted a notice and request for comments on “the implications of access...
Dolutegravir Patent Licences Can Provide Access To All
This year the World Health Organization (WHO) added dolutegravir, an antiretroviral medicine for the treatment of HIV infection, to its Model List of Essential...
TRIPS, technology transfer and access to pandemic countermeasures: What the WHO Pandemic Treaty must...
The scrambling for access to Covid-19 vaccines by developing countries has reignited the debate on the WTO Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)...
Something is going terribly wrong with the EU Compulsory Licensing Regulation
This week the European Parliament will vote on amendments to the Commission’s proposed regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on compulsory licensing...
The Power of TRIPS Flexibilities in Medicines Procurement
The government of Malaysia has began to roll out treatment of people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Treatment will be a combination of...
Medicines Law & Policy statement at WHO PABS negotiations (IGWG 5)
Co-chairs, Thank you for the opportunity to say a few words.
My comments address issues related to technology transfer (TT), a topic we have been...
Human Rights Watch: All governments should endorse the WHO C-TAP Solidarity Call to Action
As the race towards a Covid-19 vaccine continues – with 11 leading candidates in phase 3 clinical trials, 14 more in phase 2 and...