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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill of Health

On October 8, 2020, Moderna, the maker of one of the first mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. On October 8, 2020, amid press coverage of an emerging inventorship dispute with the U.S. Licensing structures like this go back at least to World War II, when the U.S.

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How to Fairly Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Therapies

Bill of Health

To allocate COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices , the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), and the World Health Organization (WHO) identified ethical goals for prioritization, such as maximizing benefit and minimizing harm, mitigating health inequities, and reciprocity.

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Non-State Actors and Public Health Emergencies

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A range of UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies have further contributed to interpret the human rights implications of private actors’ involvement in health care. 3 ICESCR ) for the full realization of the right to health.

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Moderna’s U.K. Vaccine Patent Pledge Cut Short by Boilerplate

Bill of Health

As I previously discussed in October of 2020, Moderna pledged not to enforce its patents against makers of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic. Then, in 2022, Moderna sued competing vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech. Forward-Looking Statements Moderna announced its 2020 pledge in a corporate press release.

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Reclaiming Global Public Health

Bill of Health

By December 2020, the world had astonishingly powerful tools against COVID-19. New mRNA vaccines, underpinned by decades of public investment , had been authorized by global regulators. Finally, Congress failed to fund global vaccine assistance , turning its back on the world. By Zain Rizvi.

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COVID-19 Update: More Reflections on a Pandemic

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On January 22, 2020, we shared news from the CDC that confirmed the United States identified its first infection in the country and authorities began scrambling to prepare. We have watched the United States declare a public health emergency. And we have mourned the loss of those that succumbed to the virus.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic, the Failure of the Binary PHEIC Declaration System, and the Need for Reform

Bill of Health

It is not yet clear why the EC, which was summoned on 22 and 23 January 2020, decided that it was “too early to declare a PHEIC.” ” It has been arguably a problem of political pressure by the Chinese delegate, as well as of incapacity of the EC’s members.

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