Compulsory Licensing and March-in Rights – Two Avenues to Expand and Accelerate Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

The record-speed development of effective COVID-19 vaccines is a momentous technological achievement and a testament to the power of coordinated collaborative research. With the development of these vaccines, the world now faces the follow-on tasks of ensuring access to the vaccines. That access, however, could be complicated by intellectual property rights, as those who hold intellectual property rights to the vaccines (1) might not have the capacity to produce the vaccines at scale or (2)...
By: BakerHostetler

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