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A man adjusts a face mask and is wearing a black shirt that reads "TRIPS WAIVER NOW!" He stands in front of rows of empty chairs.

Sharpening the Tools in the Pandemic-Ending Toolbox

by Bryan Mercurio

After nearly two years of negotiation, the WTO makes a decision about COVID-19 vaccine production and access

Governance
A woman in a green sari receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, outside her house during a door-to-door vaccination drive on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on December 15, 2021.

Building COVID-19 Vaccine Production Capacity in LMICs

by Reid Adler, Julia Barnes-Weise, Ana Santos Rutschman, Bridie Telford

Patents aren't really the problem—usually

UAEM UCLA students organize outside the Board of Regents meeting on the campus to demand they drop the patent on a life-saving prostate cancer drug.
Governance

Student-Led Activism Transforming the Access to Medicines Movement

by Ambika Verma

Universities are crucial allies to the global movement pushing to broaden access to vaccines

The "Fearless Girl" statue is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange following first trading session since its March coronavirus lockdown in the Manhattan borough of New York City on May 26, 2020. The photo shows the statue with a huge American flag in the background. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Trade

Patent Pools and the Pandemic—A Renewed Debate

by Bashar Malkawi

In light of COVID-19 we need to revisit patent pools and their potential for pro-competitive and anticompetitive effects

Combination of photos show people wearing face masks at the re-opening of the Rood-Wooko city central market, amid the spread of coronavirus in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on April 20, 2020. The picture is a photo montage showing an array of people wearing a variety of masks. REUTERS/Anne Mimault
Trade

Coronavirus Drugs—To Have and Have Not

by Joelle Dountio O.

Africa's least developed countries should apply a WTO patent waiver, to import generic versions of future COVID-19 drugs

Container ship RDO Concord sails through the Suez Canal on November 17, 2019. The picture places the viewer in the wake of a massive freighter stacked high with metal shipping containers as a smaller patrol-type boat passes in the foreground. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Trade

Six Proactive Steps in a Smart Trade Approach to Fighting COVID-19

by Jennifer A. Hillman

Tariffs, subsidies, waivers, licensure, and what a trade agenda to support the fight against coronavirus might look like