A New Contesting Narrative? WIPO Report Downplays Patent Barriers to Vaccine Access

By HU Yuanqiong  – Advocates of access to medicines movement would not feel unfamiliar with the issue of patent evergreening on chemical medicines while monopoly could get prolonged through applying for multiple patents on small changes of the same medicine. The similar tricks have also been practiced on other medical products, such as vaccines. As a [...]