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Discussions of a waiver by the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding certain intellectual property protections for prevention, containment and treatment of COVID-19 have once again put a spotlight ...

The compulsory license mechanism is broken and will not bring drug access to the world's poorest nations. It's time to consider another option—a tax levied on patents—to fund drugs for developing ...

Biopharma companies can minimise the threat of compulsory licensing by taking strategic steps that benefit both business and patients, says April Abele Isaacson of Kilpatrick Townsend Even though the ...

Prioritising public health in intellectual property rights is what the doctor ordered for low- and middle-income countries to ...

Past attempts to impose artificial “reasonable pricing” requirements on developers of government supported innovation did not result in cheaper drugs. A study on compulsory licensing found resulting ...

For example, in Thailand, introduction of generic medications was delayed for 1 year from the time compulsory licenses were approved. 32 The reason for this was that some patent-holding companies ...

About the author: Ellen ‘t Hoen is the director of Medicines Law & Policy , a group of legal and policy experts offering advice to international organizations and governments. She is the founder and ...