Could university patents stand in the way of universal global access to a COVID-19 vaccine?

Mcdonagh, Luke ORCID: 0000-0003-2085-5404 (2020) Could university patents stand in the way of universal global access to a COVID-19 vaccine? LSE COVID-19 Blog (10 Sep 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Would it be right for publicly-funded universities to profit from their role in creating a COVID-19 vaccine? Luke McDonagh (LSE) looks at the case of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca collaboration, noting that its plans to offer non-exclusive, royalty-free licences only apply until the WHO declares the pandemic over.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	Law
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2020 13:21
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:18
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106811

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