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Patent Protection: Stimulus for Innovation or Hindrance to Production?

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  • Herbert Zech
  • Stefan Wagner
  • Thomas Fackler
  • Reto M. Hilty
  • Iris Plöger
  • Michael Stolpe

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The US announcement of its support for the call to suspend patents on Covid-19 vaccines sparked a heated discussion on how to improve global vaccine supply. Do patents hinder the availability of Covid-19 vaccines, and would their suspension be an appropriate tool to boost vaccine production? Could this give poorer countries faster access to vaccines?

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  • Herbert Zech & Stefan Wagner & Thomas Fackler & Reto M. Hilty & Iris Plöger & Michael Stolpe, 2021. "Patent Protection: Stimulus for Innovation or Hindrance to Production?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 74(08), pages 03-20, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:74:y:2021:i:08:p:03-20
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    1. Elisabeth Christen, 2021. "America is back. Chancen und Herausforderungen für die multilaterale Zusammenarbeit," FIW Policy Brief series 053, FIW.

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