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Recent Examples on the Web Stocks that are closely tied to the COVID vaccine rollout—not just the likes of Pfizer, BioNTech and Novavax, but also the Asia contract manufacturers—have been extremely volatile in recent days as a patent right waiver dispute emerges. — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 May 2021 The pharmaceutical industry argues that licenses eviscerate patent rights, but advocacy groups say industry efforts to enforce intellectual property rights may come at the expense of patients who cannot afford increasingly costly medicines. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 28 May 2020 Despite the heavy subsidies, federal agencies have not asserted patent rights to Gilead's drug, potentially a blockbuster therapy worth billions of dollars. — Author: Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2020 For their part, drug makers argue licensing eviscerates patent rights and have successfully lobbied U.S. officials over the years to lean on countries that have pursued or considered licensing. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 Mar. 2020 Germany’s parliament took that message to heart as part of a package to fight the virus, extending powers to suspend patent rights, a tool last used in the country in 1949. — Susan Decker, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2020 As part of the decision, the drug maker will no longer enforce patent rights relating to adults or children. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 Mar. 2020 There’s also a mechanism for pharmaceutical companies to enforce patent rights in China and provisions that obligate the government to crack down on piracy and counterfeit goods. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2020 The Department of Health and Human Services is suing Gilead Sciences over the patent rights to Truvada, Gilead’s HIV prevention drug better known as PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis. — Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2019 See More

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