The Covid-19 patent waiver proposal

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Ingeborg Eliassen
Ingeborg Eliassen
Harald Schumann
Harald Schumann
Maria Maggiore
Maria Maggiore
Sigrid Melchior
Sigrid Melchior
Wojciech Cieśla
Wojciech Cieśla
7 May 2021
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 member states. But now, with an American attitude [...]
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