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You can’t fight a pandemic without IP: Intellectual property rights were vital in producing life-saving Covid vaccines
Dr Nilanjan Banik, Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, collaboratively authored the article, “You can’t fight a pandemic without IP: Intellectual property rights were vital in producing life-saving Covid vaccines”, has been featured at the Times of India’s E-Newspaper.
Dr Nilanjan Banik, along with Philip Stevens (Executive Director, Geneva Network, a UK-based Think Tank), has co-authored this article, highlighting how Intellectual Property Rights play a vital role in fighting pandemic issues granting rights to companies for producing vaccines with full ownership. The report also provides evidence of rising vaccine manufacturing partnerships from 93 to 357 during the pandemic.
