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The Medicines Patent Pool is improving access to essential medication where it’s most needed, but does it make economic sense?
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The Medicines Patent Pool is improving access to essential medication where it’s most needed, but does it make economic sense?

Bruno Versaevel, Etienne Billette de Villemeur and Vianney Dequiedt
The Conversation
17/08/2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64628/AAK.jwdwnarjv

Abstract

Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) Generic Medicines Human papillomavirus Generic Drugs Generic Drug Pricing Low and Middle Income Countries United Nations Cancer or Carcinogenesis Dengue Fever Economics Health Care Human Immunodeficiency Virus--HIV Leukemia Malaria Nonprofit Organizations Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks
Three economists explore the viability of a UN-backed one-stop licensing ‘hub’ for making essential, often life-saving biotherapeutics and vaccines both affordable and more widely available.
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