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SUMMARY:Have patents cured Covid-19? 
DESCRIPTION:At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic a remarkable mobilisat
 ion of resources occurred\; governments removed anti-trust restrictions 
 and provided capital\, pharmaceutical companies large and small collabor
 ated\, and biotechnology companies and universities pooled knowledge. Th
 ere were still regulatory roadblocks and problems of scale\, but the sig
 nificant scientific breakthroughs and miraculous innovations have helped
  combat the disease. This panel will discuss how (or if) the intellectua
 l property laws of different countries helped the innovation of new diag
 nostics\, treatments and vaccines related to Covid-19. The panel will al
 so discuss whether the intellectual property laws helped\, or hindered\,
  the distribution of those same technologies.
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