the proliferation of immunity-escaping variants. Therefore governmental rationality around the world would suggest any … governments should bear the cost of the expected increased industry obsolescence determined by a temporary patent waiver; this … includes public patent-buy-outs and regulated public-private R&D partnerships. …

COVID-19, caused by SARS-Cov-2, was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. Since … then, the issue of the relationship between patent protection and the development of and access to medical treatments and … between IP, innovation, access, and public health between stakeholders with divergent interests. This working paper provides …