Patents

A protest with a screen showing Ady Barkan outside the White House

Biden Must Not Allow Big Pharma to Hoard Vaccine Technology Biden Must Not Allow Big Pharma to Hoard Vaccine Technology

The United States has an obligation to help vaccinate the world.

May 10, 2022 / Ady Barkan

Sharing the Vaccine Is Just the First Step

Sharing the Vaccine Is Just the First Step Sharing the Vaccine Is Just the First Step

Now we need to make sure poorer countries have the resources and technical capacity to ramp up production.

May 17, 2021 / Editorial / Gregg Gonsalves for The Nation

Ro Khanna: It’s Vital That the US Drop Barriers to Vaccine Production and Aid Covid-Ravaged India

Ro Khanna: It’s Vital That the US Drop Barriers to Vaccine Production and Aid Covid-Ravaged India Ro Khanna: It’s Vital That the US Drop Barriers to Vaccine Production and Aid Covid-Ravaged India

“We aren’t an island. I mean, the disease is going to continue to come back to us,” said the representative from California.

May 7, 2021 / John Nichols

Frankfurt patent demonstrations

This Is Biden’s Chance to Vaccinate the World This Is Biden’s Chance to Vaccinate the World

Then-candidate Biden told me he wouldn’t let patents block vaccine access. Tomorrow, he must keep his promise.

May 4, 2021 / Ady Barkan

Kenyan health workers

Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust

Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.

Mar 22, 2021 / Editorial / Nanjala Nyabola

Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules.

Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules. Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules.

Changes in IP have done far more than tax cuts to increase inequality—and US protection of IP could lead to a cold war with China.

Feb 8, 2021 / Dean Baker

Corporations Killed Medicine. Here’s How to Take It Back.

Corporations Killed Medicine. Here’s How to Take It Back. Corporations Killed Medicine. Here’s How to Take It Back.

For most of human history, life-saving drugs were a public good. Now they’re only good for shareholders.

Feb 12, 2016 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Fran Quigley

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