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The WTO and the Covid‐19 "Vaccine Apartheid": Big Pharma and the Minefield of Patents
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Abstract Unequal access to vaccines for the Covid-19 pandemic, also referred to as "vaccine apartheid," has marginalized low-income countries again. In October 2020, India and South Africa proposed a temporary waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the prevention of Covid-19 at the World T... mehr
Unequal access to vaccines for the Covid-19 pandemic, also referred to as "vaccine apartheid," has marginalized low-income countries again. In October 2020, India and South Africa proposed a temporary waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the prevention of Covid-19 at the World Trade Organization (WTO). An agreement was later reached in Geneva on June 17, 2022. The objective of this article is to analyze the negotiation and agreement reached at the WTO. This article explores the difficulties of creating international public good in the field of public health within the milieu of powerful actors, namely big pharmaceutical companies with vested interests. The central argument of this article is that this agreement alone will not solve the vaccine access problem for low-income countries. It is too restrictive, does not cover trade secrets and know-how, production capacity, availability of raw materials, and even adds new limitations that did not exist before. The best option to promote the production of quality vaccines in low-income countries is to share technology and know-how on a voluntary basis through production agreements. One way to facilitate the cooperation of large pharmaceutical corporation is to make it easier for low-income countries to use compulsory licenses. Simplifying the use of this mechanism could help encourage pharmaceutical companies to enter into voluntary licensing agreements.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Impfung; WTO; internationales Abkommen; pharmazeutische Industrie; geistiges Eigentum; Patent; Public Health
Klassifikation
Wirtschaftspolitik
Recht
Freie Schlagwörter
Big Pharma; Covid vaccine; TRIPS Agreement; World Trade Organization; intellectual property rights; waiver of patents
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 261-271
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 11 (2023) 1
Heftthema
Re-Embedding Trade in the Shadow of Populism
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)