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  • We Don’t Need to Lift Patents to Make Vaccines More Accessible

    And weakening of IP rules would actively hurt the most vulnerable. A full 14 months into the pandemic, nearly half of Americans who are eligible have received at least one vaccine dose. The end is in sight, and we have innovation to thank. And so, as our economy reopens and restrictions are being lifted, attention is turning…

  • United States Postal Spy Service, TRIPS Waiver, and more (Yaël on Big Talker FM w/ Joe Catenacci)

    -Lockdown difference between the U.S. and Europe -The TRIPS waiver and the threat to COVID vaccine intellectual property and tech -The US Postal Service is a spy agency? Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski interviewed on the Joe Catenacci Show. This was broadcast on April 30, 2021, on The Big Talker WFBT 106.7FM Radio: http://bigtalkerfm.com…

  • Canada should block a patent waiver for COVID vaccines

    Granting a one-time waiver creates dangerous precedent of nullifying IP rights, jeopardizing future innovation and lives of literally billions of virus victims By David Clement and Yaël Ossowski | Financial Post Global Affairs Canada still has not come to a decision on whether to support an intellectual property rights waiver for COVID-19 vaccines. Canada, along…