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Three simple things Australia should do to secure access to treatments, vaccines, tests and devices during the coronavirus crisis

  • Written by Deborah Gleeson, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, La Trobe University
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Patents and related intellectual property rights can present formidable barriers to procuring medicines, vaccines, diagnostic tests and medical devices.

They can cost lives, particularly during a public health emergency.

Two examples from the United States illustrate the point.

The US conglomerate 3M holds hundreds of patents on N95 face...

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