Tag: patents

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the twice-a-year injections and tablets for treating HIV in adults.

The World Health Organization recently reported that only 10 countries accounted for 75% of the vaccines administered around the world.

'We live in an atypical moment, and massive profits cannot be above life.'

There is no room for naivety. The way to a real increase in production is hard.

[A]s the 'vaccine-rich' United States has reversed its stance to one of support, the discussion has reached a significant turning point.

The disintegrating situation in India and the severity of the virus' mutations show that mutual interest outweighs the profits of Big Pharma.

If, ethically, the decision is not debatable, it won’t have any practical effect in the short term, while the urgency is real.

The most important motivation behind the American about-face is the old tenet that the United States can only do well if as many others as possible in the world are doing well too.

Patent waiver, though politically an attractive idea, may not mean much when it comes to addressing the problem at hand.

Once again, Trump has got it wrong.