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The Importance of Intellectual Property Protections in Fighting Pandemics

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 8, 2023
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The proposal to extend the IP waiver under the TRIPS Agreement for COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics would worsen the burden on innovators and have disastrous consequences for the American Southwest and the nation.

Tags COVID-19, Drugs, Intellectual Property, Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), United States International Trade Commission (USITC), World Trade Organization (WTO)