Promoting access to medical technologies and innovation, second edition: intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade: updated extract: integrated health, trade and IP approach to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, 30 August 2021

The second edition of the joint WHO, WIPO and WTO publication “Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation: Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade” (the Trilateral Study),*  published in 2020, included a special insert mapping the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the integrated health, trade and IP policy framework set out in the study. The Trilateral Study and the special insert were designed to serve as background reference for policymakers in the widest sense – lawmakers, government officials, delegates to international organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and researchers who seek a comprehensive presentation of the full range of issues, including institutions and legal concepts with which they may be unfamiliar. It is also designed to serve as a factual resource for the three organizations’ technical cooperation activities.

This update revises the information contained in that insert in the light of more recent developments as of 30 August 2021. Further uppdates will be made to reflect subsequent developments.