Vaccine politics : compulsory licensing in SE Asia?

• Main Author: Sworn, Hannah Elyse
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; Non-Traditional Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152569
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Compulsory licensing offers an attractive option for Southeast Asian governments to bypass patent protections and produce desperately needed COVID-19 vaccines for their populations while navigating the geopolitical risks of relying on Chinese vaccine donations.