The Waiving of Intellectual Property: A Poor Response to a Real Problem

Since it was announced on 5 May 2021 that the Biden/Harris administration supported the proposition to wave intellectual property rights (i.e. the so-called “TRIPS waiver”) linked to COVID-19 initiated by India and South Africa in front of the WTO, the subject of the patent waiver has come to the forefront of public debate. We would like to shed some light on this debate.