"We need the countries and companies that control the global supply to share financially, to share their doses with Covax...and to share their know-how to urgently and massively scale up the production and equitable distribution of vaccines."
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"One way to do this is through voluntary licensing with technology transfer, in which a company that owns..patents on a vaccine licenses another manufacturer to produce its shots..Some companies have done this on a bilateral basis. But such agreements tend to be..nontransparent"
"A more transparent method is for companies to share licenses through the Covid-19 Technology Access Pool, a globally coordinated mechanism proposed by Costa Rica and started by the W.H.O. last year."
"Another option..is to waive intellectual property rights on Covid-19 products through a World Trade Organization agreement that would level the playing field and give countries more leverage in their discussions with companies."
"If this is not a time to take those actions, it’s hard to fathom when that would be."
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