>"From vaccines to treatments and even medical equipment, intellectual property rights have hampered the world’s efforts to fight the pandemic."

"The COVID-19 pandemic is the product of a globalized, interconnected world. Without new mechanisms that offer truly global approaches to crisis management and prevention, the experience of the past 18 months is likely to be repeated, with _...Read More_

"Rich countries’ ability to manipulate the market for COVID-19 vaccines is putting millions of lives at risk and inhibiting the global recovery from the pandemic. These countries must instead prioritize equitable vaccine distribution and _...Read More_

"Routine immunization programs not only help to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease, but also serve as a critical first line of defense against new and emerging pathogens. That’s because vaccination drives in lower-income _...Read More_

"Covax was doomed to failure from the start. It is already running into three major problems."

"The inefficient vaccine allocation rules currently in place must be replaced by new cooperative institutional structures and more concrete steps by the Group of Twenty (G20) countries."

"Over the past year, the world witnessed unprecedentedly rapid development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, largely owing to US public investment. And now it is clearly in America’s national interest to scale up global vaccination _...Read More_