Despite multilateral commitments and political statements of solidarity and cooperation to guarantee the availability and access to COVID-19 vaccines (and other relevant technologies for control and treatment), the scenario after the beginning of vaccination is marked by the deepening of vaccine...

The COVID-19 crisis intensified decade-long debates on the interaction between intellectual property rights (IPRs), competition law and access to affordable life-saving treatments and vaccines. Compulsory licensing of patented medicines is a tried-and-tested method to expand access, particularly...

Introduction to economics of infectious disease / Jenny Roberts -- Choosing the first line drug for malaria treatment: how can cost-effectiveness analysis inform policy? / Catherine Goodman ... [et al.] -- Economic issues related to antimicrobial resistance / Ramanan Laxinarayan -- Economic...

Immunization plays a crucial role in global health security, preventing public health emergencies of international concern and protecting individuals from infectious disease outbreaks, yet these critical public health benefits are dependent on immunization law. Where public health law has become...