Prepared Oral Statement of Professors David S. Levine and Joshua D. Sarnoff in ITC Investigation 332-996, on COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and Trips Agreement Flexibilities

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In this prepared statement, we address the critical need for governments to compel trade secret information sharing (including “know how” and confidential information that may not rise to the level of a protectable trade secret) for developing and equitably distributing affordable pandemic vaccines. We observe that: (1) the failure to compel trade secret sharing led to large numbers of avoidable deaths that might...

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• Ethics in Clinical Research
• Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
• Zoonotic diseases and public health

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aa0f004b-a511-51e8-aece-c7b105154615

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10.2139/ssrn.4406189