Filed Under: “Intellectual property”
Opposing drug patents used to be America’s medical consensus, it should be again
By Joseph M. Gabriel
Until the late 19th century, patenting medicines was considered as controversial and even unethical
Pharmaceutical companies launch lobbying blitz to keep patent monopolies on coronavirus vaccines
By Jon Queally
Freeing coronavirus vaccines from global patents would save millions of lives with almost no expense, but it would compromise corporate profits
Temporarily suspending coronavirus vaccine patents will save millions of lives
By Jake Johnson
The U.S., Canada, and the U.K. are currently blocking a World Trade Organization proposal from India and South Africa to temporarily suspend patent protections for coronavirus vaccines.