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Thambisetty, Siva, McMahon, Aisling, McDonagh, Luke, Kang, Hyo Yoon and Dutfield, Graham (2022) Addressing vaccine inequity during the COVID-19 pandemic : the TRIPS intellectual property waiver proposal and beyond. The Cambridge Law Journal, 81 (2). pp. 384-416. doi:10.1017/S0008197322000241 ISSN 0008-1973.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0008197322000241
Abstract
This article examines global vaccine inequity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We critique intellectual property (IP) law under the 1994 WTO TRIPS Agreement, and specifically, the role that IP has played in enabling the inequities of production, distribution and pricing in the COVID-19 vaccine context. Given the failure of international response mechanisms, including COVAX and C-TAP, to address vaccine inequity, we argue the TRIPS waiver proposal should be viewed as offering a necessary and proportionate legal measure for clearing IP barriers that cannot be achieved by existing TRIPS flexibilities. Finally, we reflect on the waiver debate in the wider context of TRIPS and the need to boost global pandemic preparedness.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | K Law [Moys] > KC International Law R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Intellectual property (International law), Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15), Vaccines -- Development, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Vaccination, Drugs -- Law and legislation | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Cambridge Law Journal | ||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 0008-1973 | ||||||
Official Date: | July 2022 | ||||||
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Volume: | 81 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 384-416 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0008197322000241 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 August 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 August 2023 |
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