CoViD-19 Pandemic Spurs Calls for ‘Openness’ in IP

The CoViD-19 pandemic may well be humanity’s biggest collective challenge in a post-globalisation era. In the midst of this global emergency, the artificial scarcity produced by international and domestic intellectual property laws and norms is revealing itself to be a scourge to public health systems around the world – from restraining drug research and development to denying access to medical devices. The responses of various stakeholders will certainly have an immediate impact on CoViD-19 related public health responses, but its … Continue reading CoViD-19 Pandemic Spurs Calls for ‘Openness’ in IP