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Such calls are well intentioned. Countries like the US and the UK have surged ahead with their vaccinations, cutting their deaths and hospitalizations dramatically. Meanwhile, India is in the throes of a catastrophic second wave as it struggles to vaccinate its enormous population. I've practiced patent law for 20 years. In that time I've managed the worldwide patent portfolio for Prevnar 13, the world's top-selling vaccine before COVID-19, before it was acquired by Pfizer. I've worked with scientists and executives to determine the best avenues for protecting vaccine components and manufactu...

More than 120 countries throughout the world have already done so.

Morals and vaccine market

At about 7:15 am PT this morning , May 13, 2021, I saw Dr. Mona Nemer’s (Canada’s Chief Science Advisor) tweet (Note: I’m sorry the formatting isn’t better, Maryse de la Giroday@frogheart Does this mean Canada will support a waiver on patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines? Dr. Mona Nemer@ChiefSciCanThe global health crisis of the past year has underscored the critical importance of openly sharing scientific information. We are one step closer to making #openscience a reality around the world. So pleased that my office was part of these discussions. http://webcast.unesco.org/events/2021-...

Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic For Our Collective Humanity, By Femi Falana The sad story is that of the resurgence of vaccine nationalism, with all its perils for our shared humanity. In sum, the response to the crisis should, therefore, be based on the principles of compassion, cooperation and multilateralism. In fact, apart from the pandemic, other global issues such as climate change, social inequality, drugs and identity crisis require cooperation and multilateral approaches because they constitute dangers to our common humanity. The most telling lesson of the coronavirus pandemic is t...