Last year, I wrote a post talking about the preference for open and collaborative research to combat the COVID pandemic (read here). At the time, I was excited to note that Governments, organisations and people were setting aside their IP norms and beliefs in the interests of human welfare. One year later, I have come to realize that my excitement was premature and uncalled for.
Except for World Health Organisation's ACT (Access to Covid-19 Tools) Accelerator Program, and the COVAX Program…