The TRIPS waiver - the most important thing in the world right now?
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There’s a debate going on right now in the World Trade Organisation about an obscure bit of trade legislation that has the ability to impact the lives of millions. This legislation, the TRIPS waiver, would suspend intellectual property rights for medical products related to Covid-19. Most controversially this would apply to vaccines, meaning that any manufacturer in the world would be able to access the secret sauce behind vaccines like Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. Depending on who you ask, this will either greatly increase vaccine supply worldwide to help end the pandemic sooner, or might actually worsen the current supply shortage.
The TRIPS waiver - the most important thing in the world right now?
The TRIPS waiver - the most important thing…
The TRIPS waiver - the most important thing in the world right now?
There’s a debate going on right now in the World Trade Organisation about an obscure bit of trade legislation that has the ability to impact the lives of millions. This legislation, the TRIPS waiver, would suspend intellectual property rights for medical products related to Covid-19. Most controversially this would apply to vaccines, meaning that any manufacturer in the world would be able to access the secret sauce behind vaccines like Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. Depending on who you ask, this will either greatly increase vaccine supply worldwide to help end the pandemic sooner, or might actually worsen the current supply shortage.