The Effectiveness of Compulsory Licensing in Accessing Vaccines COVID-19 Case Study”

Abstract

Countries seek to halt the Corona pandemic by searching for a legal means to access medicines and vaccines considering the owner’s refusal to voluntarily waive their patent rights, their scarcity, and the inability of developing countries to access them in sufficient quantities. Countries have different positions on the pandemic and the possibility of implementing compulsory licensing, based on the political and economic obstacles that create reluctance. As such there must be concerted efforts internationally to make vaccines ‘public goods’ in the near future. Hence, this study is carried out to find implementable solutions to limit ascendancy and achieve justice since lives are being lost and losses incurred in all sectors around the world, including both rich and poor countries.