Medications
Parents become drug developers to save their children's lives
Maggie Carmichael wasn't developing like other kids. As a toddler, she wasn't walking and had a limited vocabulary for her age.
Jul 26, 2022
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News tagged with intellectual property
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Calls for key Covid drug to be made available outside US
Researchers have called for an experimental COVID treatment, which has shown early indications of being more effective against dominant Omicron subvariants, to be made available outside the United States.
Jul 22, 2022
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Vaccination
Pharma industry urges fairer vaccine access in future
The pharmaceutical industry on Tuesday proposed a system to allow for more equitable access to vaccines and treatments in future pandemics, saying it was willing to set aside doses to distribute to lower-income countries.
Jul 19, 2022
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Genetics
WHO launches call to speed up genomics tech development
Countries should step up their work on genomic technologies to combat diseases, and share that technology more quickly with developing nations, a new WHO report argued Tuesday.
Jul 12, 2022
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Vaccination
Germany's BioNTech sued by rival over COVID jab formula
German pharmaceutical company CureVac said Tuesday it was suing rival BioNTech for patent infringement over the mRNA technology used to develop the Comirnaty coronavirus vaccine.
Jul 5, 2022
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Vaccination
WTO agrees to lift Covid vaccine patents, but is it 'too late'?
The World Trade Organization agreed Friday to temporarily lift patents on COVID-19 vaccines after two years of bruising negotiations, but experts expressed scepticism that the deal will have a major impact on global vaccination ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Vaccination
WTO seeks shot in the arm with COVID jab IP idea
The WTO's search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to lift intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines.
Jun 13, 2022
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Medical economics
Australia risks relying on Pfizer and Moderna for its COVID vaccines: Three ways to break free
The rapid development and deployment of COVID vaccines has been one of the greatest achievements of the pandemic.
May 16, 2022
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Medical economics
Start talking about mRNA vaccine access now, say experts
While researchers are still in the early stages of development for new mRNA vaccines, global health leaders focused on the world's most neglected infectious diseases say that conversations about access should begin now.
May 11, 2022
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Vaccination
Pfizer eyes COVID vaccine for all variants before 2023
A COVID-19 vaccine effective against multiple variants is possible before the end of 2022, the head of US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said Wednesday.
Apr 13, 2022
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