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Macron emphasises technology transfer in fight against vaccine shortages
French President Emmanuel Macron proposed pressuring pharmaceutical companies to share their knowledge to fight vaccine shortages worldwide, as an alternative to waiving intellectual property (IP) rights.
EU proposes alternative to IP waiver to expand global vaccine access
The EU has set out its plan to boost deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, which banks on open supply chains, encouraging production and compulsory licences rather than an IP waiver.
Waiving vaccine patents saves lives, health campaigners tell the EU
A series of protests have been staged in front of the European Commission and at a vaccine manufacturing plant in Belgium, calling for temporarily lifting of the intellectual property (IP) rights of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
Reshaping global health after COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a new light on the compelling necessity of addressing health inequalities across the globe.
Trade Secrets Directive creates excessive secrecy and must be rejected
The schemed Directive on “Trade Secrets Protection” is meant to repress industrial espionage, but applies to the whole of society legal remedies that should only apply to businesses, writes a broad coalition of journalists, lawyers, scientists, unions and associations.