Cities in crisis -- The life of a pill -- An age-old problem -- Of mice and cats -- Unaware, unable or unwilling? -- Crime and punishment -- Trust and mistrust -- The disconnected citizens -- The technological fix? -- The ivory trade

The debate on whether COVID-19 vaccine patents are slowing down the pace of vaccination and the recovery from the crisis has brought the optimal design of pharmaceutical patent policy to the fore. In this paper we evaluate patent policy in the US pharmaceutical industry. We estimate the effect...