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The Medicines Patent Pool Plots A Post-Pandemic Future: Interview With Director Charles Gore

 
• By William Looney

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.

Charles Gore
Charles Gore • Source: MPP

The COVID-19 pandemic has re-energized the debate on global access to essential medicines.

Access to medicines is a big, complex question. For the Medicines Patent Pool, IP is a critical player in access;...

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