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

Bill of Health

Legally speaking, patent pledges are comparable to the open source software licenses that underlie much of the world’s technology infrastructure and the Creative Commons licenses that make billions of online images, videos and other content freely available (both discussed here ). Tesla and Toyota) to software (e.g,

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COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach

Bill of Health

It only narrowly modifies compulsory licenses of patents covering COVID vaccines. Moreover, it imposes additional restrictions on use of compulsory licenses. Moreover, Brazil’s new compulsory license law models another critical feature that domestic laws should have – a way around data exclusivity.

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

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The first pathway is requiring funding recipients to use out-licensing to alleviate scarcity. Contractual language would obligate the recipient to produce any resulting drug in sufficient supply to meet public health needs during the relevant public health crisis. The second pathway is that of a dormant license.

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Reclaiming Global Public Health

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Consider the United States, for example, which made the unprecedented move to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) during the pandemic. This ascension of private IP holders in the pandemic was accompanied by a retreat from the global stage by powerful public actors.

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Hospitals and health systems post-pandemic, and how to prepare for future outbreaks

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's been more than a year since the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Q: What role will digital health and telehealth play in the structuring and building of a healthcare system resilient to pandemics and other shocks in the future?

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Unseen Scars: The Devastating Impact of Corruption on Mental Health Systems in Low and Middle-Income Countries

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Low and middle-income countries (LMICs), home to 80% of people with mental illnesses, should prioritize strengthening their mental health systems. Yet, funding for mental health is grossly inadequate. The mental health sector is further burdened by systemic discrimination and human rights violations.

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COVID-19: An integrated healthcare system is the way forward

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Network Infrastructure Telehealth Workflow With dozens of healthcare facilities across the UAE, the country’s healthcare system is evolving faster than elsewhere in the world says Christian Schuhmacher, CEO of King’s College Hospital London in Dubai.

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