The Debate Of Patent Rights Amid Covid-19

The year 2020 changed the world forever and life as we knew it changed as the Covid-19 pandemic became a global impediment. With a global pandemic going on, its treatment and medication became the center of debate and become the hot topic and still continues to be one. When the first wave of Covid-19 hit the world, in the absence of any vaccination or proper procedure of medication, a lot of drugs such as hydroxychloroquine tablets took the world by storm because of the shortage of these drugs and the absence of proper manufacturing which was limited given the laws and regulation. India overnight became a major exporter of hydroxychloroquine tablets but eventually, restrictions were put in place in order to meet the needs of the domestic markets. While the absence of proper medication or treatment process was creating havoc in the medical industry, the possible treatment through drugs like hydroxychloroquine tablets, anti-viral paracetamol tablets, etc. were the straws