Strategic foresight for the COVID-19 crisis and beyond: Using futures thinking to design better public policies OECD, Tackling Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Global Health Security Index 2021
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The Doha Round's Public Health Legacy: Strategies for the Production and Diffusion of Patented Medicines Under the Amended TRIPS Provisions Frederick M. Abbott and Jerome H. Reichman Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 10, pp. 921-87, 2007, The entry into force of the WTO TRIPS Agreement in 1995 transformed the international intellectual property system. The harmonization of basic intellectual property standards has operated to protect investment in innovation, limiting risks from unjustified free riding. Yet these same harmonized IP standards sharply curtailed the traditional capacity of suppliers of public goods, such as health…
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Facilitating Access to Cross-Border Supplies of Patented Pharmaceuticals: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic Frederick M. Abbott & Jerome H. Reichman Journal of International Economic Law (Oxford), Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 535-561, Sept. 2020, The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into stark relief the gaps in global preparedness to address widespread outbreaks of deadly viral infections. This article proposes legal mechanisms for addressing critical issues facing the international community in terms of providing equitable access to vaccines, treatments, diagnostics and medical equipment. On the supply side, the authors propose the…
Type: Transfer of Technology
The TRIPS Agreement Article 73 Security Exceptions and the COVID-19 Pandemic Frederick M. Abbott Research Paper 116, South Centre, Geneva (August 2020) , The COVID-19 pandemic has caused Governments to contemplate measures to override patents and other intellectual property rights (IPRs) in order to facilitate production and distribution of vaccines, treatments, diagnostics and medical devices. This paper discusses whether the COVID-19 pandemic may be considered an “emergency in international relations” and how WTO Member States may invoke Article…
Type: Transfer of Technology
Data Diplomacy: Updating diplomacy to the big data era, Barbara Rosen Jacobson, Katharina E Hone and Jovan Kurbalija February 2018
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Preparing legal and institutional arrangements for preventing or containing future pandemics through anticipation, assessment and the design of negotiating processes to achieve preferred outcomes
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First adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1969, the International Health Regulations initially focused on just three diseases, and has since expanded to now account for public health risks associated with biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear origin. The IHR is the only binding instrument regarding international disease prevention and control. It defines a Public Health Emergency of…
Type: Instruments
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force in 1993 and promotes the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. The CBD defines biological resources broadly, including genetic resources and organisms with a potential value to humanity. The Convention obligates parties, among other things, to cooperate in matters of, and…
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