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Covid-19 vaccines: hypocrisy with (European) patent

10 May 2021
EfSyn, Greece

Vaccine Patent Waiver: USA and Spain on one side, Portugal and Germany on the other

10 May 2021
Público, Portugal

How Europe manoeuvred vaccine patents: support the US or Big Pharma?

10 May 2021
Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland

7 May 2021 Vaccines

The Covid-19 patent waiver proposal

By Ingeborg Eliassen, Harald Schumann, Maria Maggiore, Sigrid Melchior and Wojciech Cieśla

Since October 2020, a group of countries, led by India and South Africa, have called for a suspension of Covid-19-related intellectual property rights at the World Trade Organization. Called the TRIPS waiver, the proposal has garnered wide support, even as it has been staunchly opposed by EU … Read more "The Covid-19 patent waiver proposal"

7 May 2021 Vaccines

The unexpected European dilemma: Support the US — or Big Pharma?

By Ingeborg Eliassen, Harald Schumann, Maria Maggiore, Sigrid Melchior and Wojciech Cieśla

This week, the US government announced a sudden about-turn on its stance on vaccine waivers, which was met with praise from many EU officials. Investigate Europe documents how governments opposed the waiver fiercely until the very last moment. Read more "The unexpected European dilemma: Support the US — or Big Pharma?"

20 April 2021 Vaccines

Graham Dutfield, trade law specialist: “Forced patent sharing has been done before”

By Ingeborg Eliassen

The University of Leeds professor on how some governments today seem to wrongly equate the business interests of pharmaceutical companies with their own. Read more "Graham Dutfield, trade law specialist: “Forced patent sharing has been done before”"