The COVID-19 Pandemic and Trade-Related Security Exceptions: An Analysis of the Flexibility under International Law
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The COVID-19 pandemic has raised serious concerns about affordable and equitable access to the needed health technologies. The patent-based pricing model of health technologies further exacerbates these concerns. This paper critically evaluates Article 73(b) of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO TRIPS Agreement) to answer the key question: whether this safeguard provision can be invoked by WTO Member States in response to COVID-19 in order to improve access to critically needed health technologies. This is an important question because access to health technologies is a matter of life and death in a pandemic situation.
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| Deposited On: | 25 Nov 2021 04:46 | ||
| Last Modified: | 29 Feb 2024 15:51 |
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