Forbes March 5, 2021
The record-setting development of multiple Covid-19 vaccines will go down in history as some of medical science’s greatest achievements. In less than a year, the competing vaccines went from the drawing board to saving lives around the world.
Unfortunately, many liberal policymakers are attacking the system of strong intellectual property rights that underpinned the work of these heroic scientists. If their attacks are successful, then there could be many fewer medical miracles in our future.
Later this month, the World Trade Organization is expected to rule on a petition championed by the governments of India and South Africa to suspend patents related to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.
Supporters of this scheme claim it would boost the availability of vaccines in...
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