?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+COVID-19+Pandemic+and+Trade-Related+Security+Exceptions%3A+An+Analysis+of+the+Flexibility+under+International+Law&rft.creator=Abbas%2C+Muhammad+Zaheer&rft.description=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%3A+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.&rft.source=ANZSIL+Perspective&rft.date=2021-05&rft.type=Contribution+to+Newspaper%2C+Magazine+or+Website&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fanzsilperspective.com%2Fthe-covid-19-pandemic-and-trade-related-security-exceptions-an-analysis-of-the-flexibility-under-international-law%2F&rft.relation=Abbas%2C+Muhammad+Zaheer+(2021)+The+COVID-19+Pandemic+and+Trade-Related+Security+Exceptions%3A+An+Analysis+of+the+Flexibility+under+International+Law.+ANZSIL+Perspective%2C+22%2C+pp.+7-11%2C+May+2021.+%5BArticle%5D&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F226435%2F&rft.rights=Consult+author(s)+regarding+copyright+matters&rft.rights=This+work+is+covered+by+copyright.+Unless+the+document+is+being+made+available+under+a+Creative+Commons+Licence%2C+you+must+assume+that+re-use+is+limited+to+personal+use+and+that+permission+from+the+copyright+owner+must+be+obtained+for+all+other+uses.+If+the+document+is+available+under+a+Creative+Commons+License+(or+other+specified+license)+then+refer+to+the+Licence+for+details+of+permitted+re-use.+It+is+a+condition+of+access+that+users+recognise+and+abide+by+the+legal+requirements+associated+with+these+rights.+If+you+believe+that+this+work+infringes+copyright+please+provide+details+by+email+to+qut.copyright%40qut.edu.au&rft.identifier=Centre+for+Behavioural+Economics%2C+Society+%26+Technology%3B+Australian+Centre+for+Health+Law+Research%3B+Faculty+of+Business+%26+Law%3B+School+of+Law