By Lisa Zengarini
The Holy See has renewed its call for accessibility to Covid-19 vaccines and medicines for all, stressing that “patent rights should be exercised coherently with the objectives of mutual advantage of patent holders and users of patented medicines, in a manner conducive to social and economic welfare”.
No one should be left behind
“Access for all to affordable medicines, tools, vaccines, diagnostics and treatment is paramount for a recovery from the crisis: no one should be left behind”, said Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva in an address during the 32nd Standing Committee on Patents of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).