Omicron’s emergence is a wake-up call: the TRIPS waiver is crucial to get the most effective vaccines to the Global South

Mcdonagh, Luke ORCID: 0000-0003-2085-5404 (2021) Omicron’s emergence is a wake-up call: the TRIPS waiver is crucial to get the most effective vaccines to the Global South. LSE COVID-19 Blog (16 Dec 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The TRIPS waiver would allow countries in the Global South to manufacture their own mRNA COVID vaccines and distribute them more equitably, says Luke McDonagh (LSE). Contrary to suggestions by the representatives of pharma companies, it would not harm the economic model of pharmaceutical companies.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2021 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
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2022 13:57
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:59
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113226

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