"patent-waiver"

By Mark Davison When World Trade Organization (WTO) members agreed in June to ease patent rules on Covid-19 vaccines, they stopped short of waiving patent protection. As the vaccines flowed into some parts of the world in late 2020, bringing relief, hope and a ticket out of lockdown, other countries’ vaccination rates lagged far behind. […]

The Trade Committee is set to discuss calls for patent waivers for Covid-19 vaccines on May 25.

It’s a case of misplaced optimism to expect IP waiver alone to provide quick and universal access to Covid vaccines