Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (P-ABS) under the draft WHO Pandemic Treaty: Why Many Vaccine, Therapeutic, and Diagnostic Companies will be in Scope

By May 2024, the 194 countries of the World Health Organization (“WHO”) aim to finalize negotiations on a new international treaty on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (“Pandemic Accord”).  At the center of the negotiations is the contentious issue of Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (“P-ABS”).  In this blog we explain how this will directly affect…