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An Integrated Health, Trade and IP Approach to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Second update, May 2023
“An Integrated Health, Trade and IP Approach to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic” provides an overview of the challenges encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the responses and initiatives taken to deal with the pandemic. It is an updated extract from the second edition of the trilateral study “Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation”, jointly produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO. The update traces developments up until 17 May 2023.
Topics covered include the impact of COVID-19 on health systems and responses at the global level, policy challenges, meeting the demand for health technologies and medical services, international trade, intellectual property aspects, international initiatives to support research and development and equitable access, regulatory responses, transparency and mapping the way forward.
The Trilateral Study is a result of almost 15 years of trilateral cooperation between the secretariats of WHO, WIPO and the WTO. It seeks to strengthen the understanding of the ever-evolving interplay between the distinct policy domains of health, trade and intellectual property and their effect on innovation and access to health technologies, such as medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and medical devices.
Published in 2023
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