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pharmaceutical companies, such as Johnson & Johnson , Sanofi , and
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. In addition to that, Auto makers General
Motors, Ford and Tesla, Louis Vuitton, L’Oréal, Christian Siriano,
Brando and Maxwell companies started to manufacture some health
related products to contribute towards the COVID-19 pandemic. 27

World Health Organization played a major role during COVID-19
outbreak. However, there were some criticisms to the World Health
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Organization as it acts more like the Chinese Health Organization
than the world Health Organization during COVID-19 out-break.
Middle-income trap has become a serious issue to the sustainable
health system among developing countries. Even though Poland and
Taiwan went out of the middle-income trap, many countries are still
struggling to achieve this goal. Therefore, middle-income trap is
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a hindrance to the Right to Health. In addition, there should be a
proper business plan to execute business ideas regarding Health and
Patent. Moreover, there should be an effective prize control system to
enhance access to health. 30

25 Johnson & Johnson, ‘Janssen joins forces with Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority (BARDA) to protect communities against threat of a global COVID
- 19 pandemic’(2020) https://www.jnj.com/media-center/press-releases/johnson-johnson-
announces-collaboration-with-u-s-department-of-health-human-services-to-accelerate-
development-of-a-potential-novel-coronavirus-vaccine 8th June 2023
26 Sanofi, ‘Sanofi joins forces with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to
advance a novel coronavirus vaccine’(2020) https://www.sanofi.com/assets/dotcom/
pressreleases/2020/2020-02-18-15-00-00-1986380-en.pdf accessed on 5th May 2024
27 Roger Strange, The 2020 Covid19 pandemic and global value chains (2020), Journal of
Industrial and Business Economics,455 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40812-
020-00162-x accessed on 7th July 2023
28 Gustavo Müller, Melanie Ruelens and Jan Wouters, THE ROLE OF THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (2021) https://img-cdn.
tinkoffjournal.ru/-/final-metaforum-research-report-71221.pdf accessed on 19th July 2023
29 Felipe, Jesus and Abdon, Arnelyn May and Kumar, Utsav, Tracking the Middle-Income
Trap: What is it, Who is in it, and Why? (April 1, 2012). Levy Economics Institute,
Working Paper No.715 <https://ssrn.com/abstract=2049330 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/
ssrn.2049330 accessed on 15th January 2023
30 W.R. Corish, Intellectual Property;Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks and Allied Rights,
(London Sweet and Maxwell,1999)
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