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

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Monsanto and Myriad) ( this 2015 article discusses the history and taxonomy of patent pledges, many of which are collected in this online database ). The unprecedented scope of the COVID-19 pandemic quickly gave rise to a surge of pledging activity, which is detailed in this article (see pp. Pandemic Pledges.

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Data Lights the Path Toward Ethical COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution

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The following is a guest article by Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO at Carrot Health.

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What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines

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By Ana Santos Rutschman What can the New York City Marathon experience teach those reflecting on ways to increase equity in the transnational allocation of scarce vaccine doses? Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health. Quite a lot, it turns out.

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Public Health Emergencies and Human Rights Principles: A Solidarity Approach

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Human Rights and Solidarity: The Case of COVID Vaccines The Principles and Guidelines refer to the principle of solidarity as applying individually and collectively to both state and non-state actors (see article 2). For example, in Article 2.2, For example, in Article 2.2, Moreover, Article 2.4 Article 25.

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Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics

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At the research and development (R&D) stage, government funders can bind producers to equity goals through targeted contractual provisions, as we explain in a recently-published Nature Biotechnology article. Consider, for instance, the case of COVID-19 vaccines. We summarize our proposals in the following sections.

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Human Rights Principles in Public Health Emergencies: From the Siracusa Principles to COVID-19 and Beyond

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Building on Siracusa to develop new human rights principles for public health emergencies Once again, the ICJ played a leading role in collaboration with the Global Health Law Consortium in drafting the PH Principles—released alongside the World Health Assembly in May 2023.

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Three Ways AI, If Trusted, Can Transform the Healthcare Landscape

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Even three years on, the World Health Organization found that 84% of countries were still experiencing some disruption. AI can bring benefits , including cost reduction, error avoidance, and innovative upside.

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