The Medicines Patent Pool Plots A Post-Pandemic Future: Interview With Director Charles Gore
Executive Summary
As the global access debate adapts to the stark inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool is emerging as a key player on issues ranging from vaccine tech transfer to making more drugs affordable against the spread of non-communicable diseases like cancer to middle- and low-income countries.
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