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The Proposed TRIPS Compromise Risks Setting Several Bad Precedents

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The proposed compromise would allow for “the use of patented subject matter required for the production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines without the consent of the right holder to the extent necessary to address the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with the provisions of Article 31 of the Agreement, as clarified and waived.”

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Against American Public Health Exceptionalism

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While the National Institute on Drug Abuse Director characterizes America’s drug overdose mortality as “truly staggering” and the White House calls “the accelerating pace of overdose deaths ‘unacceptable,’” our government refuses to make meaningful changes to reverse course. While the U.S.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary 3 | Monthly Update 2021

SQA

Commission Extends Transparency and Authorization Mechanism for Exports of COVID-19 Vaccines, 11 March 2021. The EC has extended until the end of June 2021 the transparency and authorization mechanism for COVID-19 vaccine exports. The EU continues to be the leading provider of vaccines around the world.