By Philip Stevens, Geneva Network Last week the United States unexpectedly announced that it would join India, South Africa and others in supporting a proposal at the World Trade Organization to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines. In theory, this would free up other companies to make copies of proprietary vaccines […]
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Washington Beyond the Headlines: Tax, Tax, Healthcare and…Tax
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor Joe Biden is bumbling through Europe, getting greeted (for better or worse) as “not Trump”. Benjamin Netanyahu gave his exit speech as Prime Minister of Israel and sounded more like Arnold Swarzenegger than Golda Meir (“I will be baaacckk!”). Aren’t political leaders fun? While our leaders […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Incompetence Alert
By Andy Blom, TES Correspondent Who would have guessed the Biden Administration would be more fraught with drama than the Trump Admin? But the border is in chaos, the pandemic in indecision, inflation running amok (try to buy lumber), lines at the gas pump as prices rise and Congress caught in overreach roadblock. […]
Waiving TRIPS Will Not Solve Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
By Edward Longe, American Consumer Institute The COVID-19 pandemic has, among other things, highlighted the need for global cooperation during a public health crisis. Recognizing this need, 100 developing countries, led by South Africa and India, requested the World Trade Organization (WTO) waive provisions of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property […]
A joint declaration on the importance of IPRs to Covid vaccine manufacturing scale-up and future pandemic preparedness
From the Geneva Network We are an informal coalition of civil society organisations that believes that continued collaboration between governments, international organisations, the private sector, and civil society is the fastest way to end the Covid-19 pandemic and kickstart stalled economic growth. Respect for intellectual property rights is key and will […]
An Appalling Theft
By Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute The Biden administration made “the single worst presidential economic decision since Nixon’s wage-and-price controls,” The Wall Street Journal wrote in a lead editorial last week. And we agree. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the U.S. would agree to “waive” intellectual property rights to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments and encourage other […]
Sunlight Is The Cure For High Drug Prices
By Dr. Marion Mass Congress is considering legislation to rein in runaway drug prices. But any new law would be just political theater unless it shines a light on how pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs) manipulate drug pricing. We soothe ourselves with slogans about America’s free-market health care. The reality is very different. […]
Market Forces Will Soon Be Unleashed in Healthcare
By Mark Galvin In a matter of months, our healthcare system and the overall patient experience will change dramatically for the better. And most Americans don’t even realize it. After decades of attempts to transform the healthcare system into a true market—one in which forces like competition between providers based on quality and pricing can […]
Get Ready: True Market Forces Will Soon Be Unleashed in Healthcare
By Mark Galvin In a matter of months, our healthcare system and the overall patient experience will change dramatically for the better. And most Americans don’t even realize it. After decades of attempts to transform the healthcare system into a true market—one in which forces like competition between providers based on quality and pricing can […]
How the Private Sector Could Help to Fight the Next Pandemic
By Haig Simonian, Avenir Suisse Hindsight, it is said, offers 20:20 vision. With the Coronavirus pandemic now into its second year, experts and governments around the world have become much savvier about how to deal with an international health crisis. If that knowledge could be harnessed to tackle the next pandemic – which […]