Yoon Kang, Hyo, McMahon, Aisling, Dutfield, Graham, Mcdonagh, Luke and Thambisetty, Sivaramjani (2021) COVID-19 vaccines: wealthier nations, including the UK, must drop their opposition to the proposed TRIPS waiver at the WTO. British Politics and Policy at LSE (14 Jul 2021). Blog Entry.
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Abstract
Waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines would help boost production and distribution to the world’s poorer countries, particularly as infection levels are once again rising across the globe, and new mutations risk rendering existing vaccines ineffective. A temporary waiver proposal put forward by India and South Africa was nevertheless blocked by a number of wealthier nations, including the UK. In an open letter signed by over 120 academics, Hyo Yoon Kang, Aisling McMahon, Graham Dutfield, Luke McDonagh, and Siva Thambisetty urge that the waiver must be supported.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Law |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Sep 2021 14:39 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 14:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111746 |
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