How patent law and medicine regulations could affect New Zealand's access to a COVID-19 vaccine
- Written by Jessica C Lai, Associate Professor in Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand has allocated an undisclosed sum, in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars, to access COVID-19 vaccines when they become available.
The funding is on top of a NZ$37 million vaccine strategy, but the government has not released specifics because of commercial sensitivities that “could prevent the best possible deal for New...





