Umthombo: The Intercept
Imboni yezemithi ithela izinsiza ekulweni kwezepolitiki okukhulayo mayelana nemithi yokugomela i-generic coronavirus.
Amafomu okudalula asanda kufakwa kusukela ngekota yokuqala ka-2021 akhombisa ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-100 abagqugquzeli abaqoqiwe ukuthi baxhumane nabenzi bezomthetho namalungu okuphatha kwe-Biden, bebanxusa ukuthi baphikise ukuhoxiswa kwesikhashana kwamalungelo empahla yengqondo yi-World Trade Organisation ezovumela imigomo ejwayelekile. ezokhiqizwa emhlabeni jikelele.
Abameli bezemithi abasebenza ngokumelene nalesi siphakamiso bahlanganisa uMike McKay, umqoqi wezimali weHouse Democrats, manje osebenza umgcini i-Pfizer, kanye ne eziningana wangaphambili abasebenzi Omele Ihhovisi Lezohwebo lase-U.S., elengamele izingxoxo ne-WTO.
Amaqembu amaningana abahwebi axhaswe amafemu ezenza imithi nawo agxile kakhulu ekwehluleni isiphakamiso esijwayelekile, kukhombisa ukudalulwa okusha. I US Chamber of Commerce, lo Ibhizinisi Roundtable, Kanye I-International Intellectual Property Alliance, bonke abathola imali yenkampani yezidakamizwa, bathumele inqwaba yabagqugquzeli ukuba baphikise lolu hlelo.
Ukuphusha kulandelwe ngamaphimbo amaningi anethonya athatha uhlangothi lwendawo yokwamukela izidakamizwa. Ngesonto eledlule, uSen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., ukhiphe i Incwadi efuna ukuthi abaphathi "baphikisane nanoma yimiphi imizamo ehloselwe ukuhoxisa amalungelo empahla yengqondo." UHoward Dean, owayengusihlalo weDemocratic National Committee, usekwenzile egxekwa ngokufanayo isiphakamiso, enanela izimpikiswano eziningi zemboni yezidakamizwa.
Okwamanje, kuphela 1 amaphesenti Imithi yokugomela i-coronavirus iya emazweni anemali ephansi, futhi izilinganiso zibonisa ukuthi iningi labantu emhlabeni kungenzeka lingagonywa kuze kube u-2023 noma 2024. amalungelo empahla yengqondo emikhiqizweni yezokwelapha ehlobene ne-coronavirus ukuze imithi yokugoma ejwayelekile yenziwe ngokushesha.
Ukuhoxiswa kucela ukumiswa kokusetshenziswa kwe-IP ngaphansi Kwezici Ezihlobene Nezohwebo Zamalungelo Empahla Yobuhlakani, noma isivumelwano se-TRIPS. Uma kuvunyelwe, izitshalo zendawo zokwenza imithi zinganikezwa amalayisense ayimpoqo okukhiqiza imithi yokugomela i-coronavirus ngaphandle kosongo lokumangalelwa umnikazi welayisensi.
Lesi siphakamiso sesizuze amandla emhlabeni jikelele, ngamakhulu amalungu ePhalamende laseYurophu, inqwaba yabashayi bomthetho baseMelika eholwa nguSen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., kanye namazwi ayandayo emphakathini wezempilo yomphakathi azwakalisa ukwesekwa.
Kodwa isicelo sokuhoxiswa sihlangabezane nokuphikiswa okunamandla okuvela ezinkampanini eziholayo zezidakamizwa, ezizolahlekelwa yinzuzo futhi ezesaba ukuthi ukuvumela ukuhoxiswa kuzoholela ekusetshenzisweni kwe-IP okuqinile ngokuzayo.
"Ukushoda kwemithi yokugoma akubangelwa yimpahla yengqondo kodwa kungenxa yezinselelo ezidabukisayo zokukhiqiza nokusabalalisa," kubhala uMichelle McMurry-Heath, umongameli weBiotechnology Innovation Organisation, iqembu labahwebi elimele iModerna, Pfizer, kanye noJohnson & Johnson ikholomu yemibono ye The Economist.
Uthe isicelo siphakathi โkwezenzo ezingenalutho ezibuyisela izindleko nesibopho emazweni aswele kakhulu.โ Isixazululo esingcono, uMcMurry-Heath uthe, kuzoba ukuqhubeka nendlela eholwa yi-COVAX, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo esekelwa uBill Gates oyibhiliyoni osiza ukuthengwa nokunikelwa kwemithi yokugomela amazwe asathuthuka.
Kepha izishoshovu zezempilo zomphakathi emhlabeni wonke zihlala zingabaza.
โAbagqugquzeli benkampani yezidakamizwa bathi ukuyekwa kwe-TRIPS ngeke kwenyuse ukuhlinzekwa kwemithi yokugoma, kodwa uma lokho kuyiqiniso, kungani bephikisana nakho? Ngoba bacabanga ukuthi empeleni izokwandisa ukukhiqizwa,โ kuphawula uJames Love, umqondisi we-Knowledge Ecology International, iqembu elisekela isicelo sokuhoxiswa.
โUkuyekwa ngokwako, ngokombono wezomthetho, kubaluleke kakhulu ekususeni izinhlinzeko ezimbili ezinemingcele ku-TRIPS, zombili eziphathelene nokuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe,โ kwengeza u-Love. "Ngokombono wezepolitiki, kubaluleke kakhulu, ukunikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza ukusebenzisa igunya elikhona lamalayisense ayimpoqo futhi kufaka ingcindezi kubakhiqizi bemithi yokugoma ukuthi benze izivumelwano ngokuzithandela."
Futhi ngenkathi indlela yokuzithandela ye-COVAX ihlose ukuhlinzeka ngemithamo yokugoma eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili, lolu hlelo lukhungethwe ukubambezeleka kanye noxhaso lwezimali futhi luthunyelwe kuphela. 40 abayizigidi ezingu imithamo.
U-Brook K. Baker, uprofesa wezomthetho e-Northeastern University kanye nomhlaziyi wenqubomgomo omkhulu we-Health GAP, uphinde waphawula ukuthi imboni yezidakamizwa ibonakala ikhula โngokungavumelaniโ nezimfuno ezikhulayo zokuyekwa kwe-TRIPS.
"Lokhu kufaka phakathi ibutho elincane lababambe iqhaza abahola kakhulu abahlanganisa izibalo nabasebenzi abaningi bakudala base-Capitol Hill, kodwa futhi kufaka phakathi imikhankaso yokukhangisa kanye nama-op-eds ezinkampanini eziphikisana ngqo nokuhoxiswa nokubikezela i-pharma-doom uma yamukelwa," Kusho uBaker. "Le mboni izokwenza noma yini ukuvikela impahla yayo yengqondo nezimfihlo zohwebo njengoba ingakwazi futhi ingeke ihlangabezane nezidingo zokugoma emazweni asathuthuka."
U-Baker unxuse abaphathi ukuthi bangagcini ngokunikeza ukukhululwa kodwa โbakucacisele umphakathi waseMelika ukuthi ngeke sikwazi ukuzuza futhi siqinise ukungatheleleki kokugomela i-COVID kuze kube yilapho wonke umhlaba usugonyiwe.โ
Kuze kube manje, abaphathi beBiden benqabile ukuthatha isikhundla ekuyekeni. Ummeleli Wezohwebo waseMelika uKatherine Tai uthe uyalubuyekeza lolu daba futhi uhlangene nabo bobabili abamele indawo yokwamukela izidakamizwa kanye nezishoshovu ezisekela lolu hlelo.
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